A Start-up Entrepreneurship Workshop was organized by Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) – BARC, DAE Convention Centre.
- AIC-BARC is established under the ambit of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog to create a start-up eco-system based on spin-off technologies of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
- AIC-BARC has been set up in line with the “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat”
- In the workshop, two technologies namely SHESHA (for wet waste management) and Rapid Bio-composting (for dry waste management) were introduced by BARC scientific experts.
SHESHA TECHNOLOGY:
- SHESHA is a novel, compact helical-shaped waste converter aimed to manage the biodegradable waste generated in small housing societies, restaurants, etc. in-situ, thus allowing decentralized processing of the biodegradable waste.
- The system has tremendous potential to process the waste as well as the generation of good quality fuel and manure required for soil applications.
- The name Shesha has been given on the basis of the serpentine shape of the digester (its resemblance to the snake Shesha) as well as the Sanskrit name of waste.
Advantages:
- Helical-shaped digester made from low-cost PVC pipes.
- Saving major costs of construction and MS dome required for conventional designs.
- Suitable for skid mounting on vehicles or wheels required for processing waste from smaller societies/residential complexes.
- Have inbuilt suitability for biogas recycling for methane enrichment.
- Suitable for online monitoring of process parameters.
RAPID COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGY
- ICAR -IISS (Indian Institute of Soil Science) developed this technique in collaboration with ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal and ICAR-NBAIM, Mau.
- It is based on cellulolytic fungi named Trichoderma koningiopsis isolated from tree bark.
- It is safe for the environment and for human handling.
- The formulation is capable of composting kitchen waste, agricultural waste, garden waste (dry leaves including coconut leaves) and temple waste.
- This method, being completely aerobic in nature, is devoid of foul odour and hence has greater acceptability in society.
STEPS FOR BIO COMPOSTING
- Collection of biowaste materials
- Segregation of non-biodegradable materials
- Waste materials mixed with fresh cow-dung
- Inoculation with a consortium of organisms
- All materials mixed together and fed to rapo-compost bioreactor
- After one month the humified organic manure was allowed for curing
- Sieved (4 mm sieves) and stored at 25% moisture condition
