"Indian waste has big business potential; it's all set
to become a $13 billion industry by 2025," Ritu Marya of Franchise India,
a franchise solution company, told IANS. In a country like India which
produces approximately 62 million tonnes of waste every year, the idea of
generating wealth from waste can indeed be very great. Here are some of the
pioneering waste management companies which have understood the potentials of
this sector and are flourishing very well along with solving one of the major
problems of the nation.
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd.
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd.
Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) is the leading
provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in India.
With professionalism, operating excellence and sustainable growth as its
commitment, the company is present in more than 17 states and union
territories. It is the winner of Frost & Sullivan Excellence Awards for
Best Company of the Year two years in a row -2009 and 2010.
Headquartered in Noida, Eco Wise offers a full range of
waste management services to nearly One hundred thousand residential,
industrial, and commercial customers. It diverts more than 60 tons of waste
from ending up in landfill sites daily. Their operations have permanently shut
down more than 30 roadside dumps in Delhi/NCR
The Vermigold on-site waste management system has been
jointly developed by Tat-G Corp Pty Ltd, Australia and Vermigold Ecotech Pvt
Ltd, India. Australia is the world leader in vermiculture technology and Tat-G
Corp Pty Ltd is the Australian leader in this field. Vermigold Ecotech is India's
on-site waste management specialist company.
It is India’s first and only internationally certified Waste
Management System
UPL is one of the leading player in the field of Environment
services in the country. The company with a market value of Rs.1000 million and
over 15 years of experience is one of the fastest growing waste management
companies of India. Company executes projects across the country, having its
corporate office Vadodara, Gujarat and branch offices in Mumbai and Delhi. It
is also having an offshoot company Shivalik Solid
Waste Management Ltd.
Greenobin pioneers in providing a complete range of
independent recycling and waste paper management facilities to both industrial
and commercial customers as well as local authorities whilst reducing volume of
waste going to landfill. Greenobin collect waste paper and further channelize
it to recycling mills after sorting into different grades.
Timarpur Okhla Municipal Solid Waste Management project is
the first commercial waste-to-energy facility in India that aims to convert
one-third of the Delhi garbage into the much-needed electricity, enough to
serving 6 lakh homes.
The project is CDM is registered with United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for earning carbon credits.
The project is the first and largest integrated waste
management project ever being set up in the country, aiming for a sustainable
solution (Zero Waste Concept) taking MSW through an environmentally friendly
process to generate clean and renewable energy from MSW.