Energy produced from hospital waste

Nuwakot, 28 August (2022) - The Trishuli Hospital in Nuwakot has started producing energy from the waste generated by the hospital. The bio-degradable waste from the hospital has been used to produce energy (methane gas) through a biogas plant.

Chief of the hospital Dr Dipendra Pandey said a biogas plant with a capacity of 40 cubic meters has been put into operation with the help of the Bagmati provincial government. The plant cost Rs. 800,000. Placenta from the delivery room, human body parts during surgery, food waste from patients and visitors, etc., have been disposed of in a plant built in the hospital premises.