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Money from garbage

the Municipal Corporation of Dehi ( mcd ) has finally found a productive way of getting rid of the city's garbage. In a month's time, the first private-run compost plant is likely to begin operations. The plant, which has a capacity of converting 500 metric tonnes of garbage into manure a day, is located at the Bhalaswa landfill in north Delhi.

The plant will be operated by a Mumbai-based company. While it has exclusive rights to market the products independently, it will share 1.5 per cent of its net profit with mcd . Lifting and dumping garbage at the compost plant site will remain mcd

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