NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 -- North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has set up its 4th trommeling machine at Bhalswa landfill site for bio-mining and processing of the legacy waste. The machine will segregate 300 metric tonne of waste daily.

A senior North Corporation official said that the machine will separate waste into three fractions first into light material like plastic, polythene, cloths etc, second into heavy material like 'Construction and Demolition' (C&D) waste, glass or metals etc and then the remains will further be segregated the waste into soil waste. After segregation, some of the processed materials would be utilised in Narela Bawana 'Waste to Energy' plant and some waste will be used for making tiles and other product at C & D...