Delhi generates 7000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) daily, which is expected to increase to 18 000 metric tonnes by 2021. The present landfill sites that are being utilised for disposing the garbage are approaching their full capacity, and even with the envisaged capacity addition, the situation is unlikely to improve. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (public sector entity) has thus embarked on a project to reduce the amount of MSW being disposed in the landfill sites and utilising the waste for productive purposes such as generation of power from waste. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has identified two locations, namely Timarpur and Okhla, for implementing this project. The following facilities are to be developed as a part of the integrated municipal waste-handling project:

 

Reasons why DFBOT appeared as the most suitable model for this particular project.