Cyberabad Civic Body Plans Plant to Turn Green Waste into Bio-Briquettes

The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation in Hyderabad is actively exploring plans to establish a green waste-to-bio-briquette processing plant. The proposed facility is aimed at converting tree-pruning debris and horticultural waste into an alternative fuel for industrial use. The Standing Committee of the municipal corporation has approved a proposal to take up the project through an expression of interest, with the civic body considering executing the work through a public-private partnership model.

Under the proposed public-private partnership framework, the responsibilities would be shared between the civic body and a private operator. The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation could provide suitable land for the processing facility and facilitate the supply of municipal green waste gathered across its jurisdiction. In turn, the private partner would take full responsibility for setting up and operating the plant, which includes providing the required processing machinery, arranging manpower, and marketing the finished bio-briquettes.

Additional Commissioner G. Venugopal Reddy stated that the project has not yet moved beyond the planning phase. “Nothing is finalised yet. We are doing a feasibility study,” he said, confirming that assessments are still underway before any final commitments are made by the civic administration.

The facility is being planned to handle several categories of green waste generated within CMC limits. The intake would include avenue plantation residues, tree-pruning waste, horticultural waste, and other plant-based municipal green waste. The process would convert these bulk organic residues directly into compressed bio-briquettes.

The municipal corporation anticipates that the initiative could help significantly curb the open dumping and open burning of green waste across local areas. Rather than leaving organic waste to decompose openly or burn in public spaces, the plant would put the discarded material to productive use. The finished bio-briquettes can subsequently be utilized as an alternative fuel source in certain industrial applications.

The plant is also being developed as a circular-economy initiative for the municipal corporation. Beyond addressing civic waste management issues, the civic body is looking at potential revenue generation from the project through the commercial sale of the produced bio-briquettes as well as from carbon credits.