• Amritsar is all set to become the first city in the Punjab to convert its dump yard into an energy plant. 
• The Municipal Corporation of Amritsar in collaboration with Averda, a solid waste management firm, has set into motion a process to bioremediate and recycle an estimated 10 lakh metric tonnes of waste to reclaim the land and set up a state-of-the-art waste-to-energy plant.

How the process works :

• Averda is using trimble machines and a ballistic separator for segregation of waste. The company will install a plant to process the waste.
• Pyrolysis is a process of chemically decomposing organic materials at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen.
• The process typically occurs at temperatures above 430 °C and under pressure. Later, biomass will be converted into green coal.
• The project would be completed in two years.
• This plant will extinguish an estimated 650 tonnes of fresh waste every day.
• This new plant would consume the entire waste generated in the city and nearby local urban bodies.
• Averda added 50 additional vehicles for door-to-door collection of waste and increased coverage. 
• All vehicles have dual compartments for collection of wet and dry waste separately and are fitted with GPS to enable monitoring of the operations.