We all just think and talk of resolutions about how the city should be cleaned of garbage but no one have come up with a working model where all the garbage is disposed without anyone erring about it. Meet Aditya Ravindra Potdar, a student of HG Shroff High School & Junior College in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, who has developed an “Underground Garbage System” as a part of Science project themed “Science for cleanliness.”

How it Works?

According to his plan, a conveyor belt will be installed in front of a row of residential houses or apartment blocks, so people can come out of their houses and discard the garbage in roadside openings.

After the garbage lands on the belt, it will be transferred to a common composting unit situated at the end of the road.

A blower will be located in this system which will blow dry waste into separate opening, while wet waste enters the composting unit to be processed.

Aditya’s plan also includes road cleaning vehicles which will push residual waste from the roads and footpaths into these openings.

Here are the other Advantages of this system:

• Other than solving the garbage problem, this system can also help generate employment as people can be trained to operate the composting units and run small businesses.
• Alternatively, a biogas plant can also be placed near the composting unit to generate electricity for running the belt.
• Since the whole system will be operated underground, the ‘need’ to throw garbage in the road will lessen, compelling everyone to do their bit towards cleanliness.

It has been implemented in real dimensions in Nandurbar and was attested by Member of Parliament of Nandurbar, Dr Heena Vijaykumar Gavit. The Nandurbar municipal council is also said to have attested the plan.