Mangaluru :: Ullal City Municipality on Monday launched ‘Ullal brand’, organic fertilizer produced using wet waste collected within the city limits.
Mangaluru MLA U T Khader launches the product to the market and said the Ullal brand will be sold to farmers at Rs 10 per kg and will be available in a 10kgs package.
“Managing waste is a big problem in all cities.
Ullal City Municipality initiative is a model for the entire state of Karnataka.
I will bring this initiative to government notifications and suggest the implementation of the scheme of countries.
All urban local bodies throughout the state must start The project to change wet waste produced in their cities became organic fertilizer, “Khader said.
Commissioner of the City Council of Rayappa said that the city produced an average of 11 tons of wet waste per day.
“Initially, we began the project by converting two tons of wet waste collected from restaurants, markets and homes every day after the national court direction.
We now convert an average of four tons of wet waste into organic fertilizer per day in ullal.
Tons of manure is being produced every month.
Manure can be used for agriculture and for gardening.
We have a plan to increase production so that there is no waste to be sent to the Mangaluru City Corporation dump page in Pachanady in the future, “he said.
City Council President Chithrakala K said the shily poultry waste produced in the city was being processed into animal feed by the industry in bykampady, dry waste sold to other agents for recycling, he said.