{"id":31812,"date":"2026-05-01T16:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabreindia.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/indias-waste-problem-was-always-an-energy-opportunity-organic-recycling-systems-saw-it-first\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:38:49","slug":"indias-waste-problem-was-always-an-energy-opportunity-organic-recycling-systems-saw-it-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabreindia.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/indias-waste-problem-was-always-an-energy-opportunity-organic-recycling-systems-saw-it-first\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Waste Problem Was Always an Energy Opportunity &#8211; Organic Recycling Systems Saw It First!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Organic Recycling Systems has spent 18 years converting municipal solid waste,&nbsp;one of the hardest feedstocks in bioenergy,&nbsp;into clean fuel. As India mandates CBG blending across its gas networks, that depth of experience is becoming its most valuable asset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Delhi [India], April 30:<\/strong> India generates over&nbsp;<strong>62-72&nbsp;million tonnes of municipal solid waste every year<\/strong>. Most of it rots in open dumps. A company from Navi Mumbai has spent&nbsp;<strong>18&nbsp;years<\/strong>&nbsp;turning that problem into an energy solution,&nbsp;and is only now beginning to get the attention it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>Organic Recycling Systems Limited\u00a0started as a waste management firm. Today, it\u00a0has transitioned into\u00a0an\u00a0integrated\u00a0CleanTech\u00a0and decarbonisation platform, converting\u00a0agricultural waste, energy crops,\u00a0and\u00a0organic fraction of\u00a0municipal waste into\u00a0compressed biogas (CBG)\u00a0and <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">value-added<strong>\u00a0products<\/strong><\/span>. The shift is not just in branding. In 2013, the company commissioned\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>first\u00a0anaerobic digestion-based integrated MSW valorisation facility in Solapur<\/strong>, Maharashtra,\u00a0at a time when most of the sector was still figuring out what was possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarang Bhand, the Promoter and Managing Director&nbsp;<\/strong>who has led the company since its inception,&nbsp;frames the opportunity in stark terms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Every tonne of municipal waste that goes into a landfill is a tonne of clean energy that India has to import instead. That is the equation we are trying to change.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&nbsp; \u2014 Sarang&nbsp;<\/em><em>Bhand<\/em><em>, Promoter &amp; MD, ORSL<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MSW is among the most complex feedstocks in the bioenergy value chain&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;heterogeneous, seasonally variable, and unforgiving of process errors. ORSL&#8217;s 18 years on this feedstock, across multiple states and project types, is reflected in its technology stack:&nbsp;<strong>2 patents, 5+ proprietary technologies, and 7+ innovations<\/strong>&nbsp;currently in its R&amp;D pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>ORSL serves leading clients such as&nbsp;<strong>Indian Oil Corporation<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Bharat Petroleum<\/strong>, along with municipal corporations across the country.It has formal research partnerships with&nbsp;<strong>IIT Bombay<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>IIT Kharagpur<\/strong>, and was recently awarded a&nbsp;<strong>DBT-BIRAC grant of Rs 1.86 crore<\/strong>&nbsp;to develop India\u2019s first BIO-CCU platform,&nbsp;a system that captures CO\u2082 from biogas plants and converts it into value-added fuels, in collaboration with both IITs.&nbsp;<strong>The company was listed on the BSE SME platform in 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s National Biofuels Coordination Committee has mandated\u00a01%\u00a0CBG blending in CNG and PNG networks from FY 2025-26, rising to 5 per cent by FY 2028-29.<sup>[2]<\/sup>For ORSL, 18 years of converting waste into energy may prove to be its most durable advantage.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/iisppr.org.in\/waste-management-in-india-an-analysis-of-government-policies-and-outcomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/iisppr.org.in\/waste-management-in-india-an-analysis-of-government-policies-and-outcomes\/<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/iocl.com\/pages\/satat-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/iocl.com\/pages\/satat-overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt meta_deko\"><p>Organic Recycling Systems has spent 18 years converting municipal solid waste,&nbsp;one of the hardest feedstocks in bioenergy,&nbsp;into clean fuel. As India mandates CBG blending across its gas networks, that depth of experience is becoming its most valuable asset. New Delhi India, April 30: India generates over&nbsp;62-72&nbsp;million tonnes of municipal solid waste every year. 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