Kerala Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh on Thursday (July 31, 2025) announced the State government’s ambitious plans to set up waste processing plants over the next one year to address the gaps in handling biodegradable and nonbiodegradable waste.
The Local Self-government (LSG) department and its allied agencies will be setting up six new refuse derived fuel (RDF) plants to handle non-recyclable, non-biodegradable waste, four plants to handle sanitary waste and seven compressed biogas (CBG) plants to handle biodegradable waste.
The announcement regarding sanitary waste plants is significant as many residents, especially in the cities, have been finding it hard to dispose of used sanitary pads and diapers from bed-ridden patients.
While the land has been identified for all the plants, the works of some of these plants have already been completed.
Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Rajesh said four sanitary waste processing plants with capacity to process 100 tonnes of sanitary waste daily will be set up in the next six months. Two of the plants will be in north Kerala, while one each will be in central and South Kerala.
