{"id":69268,"date":"2026-04-28T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mint-money.in\/?p=69268"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:27:19","slug":"indias-waste-problem-was-always-an-energy-opportunity-organic-recycling-systems-saw-it-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mint-money.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/indias-waste-problem-was-always-an-energy-opportunity-organic-recycling-systems-saw-it-first\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s Waste Problem Was Always an Energy Opportunity – Organic Recycling Systems Saw It First!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Organic Recycling Systems has spent 18 years converting municipal solid waste<\/em>, <\/em>one of the hardest feedstocks in bioenergy<\/em>,<\/em> 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\n\n\n

India generates over\u00a062-72\u00a0million tonnes of municipal solid waste every year<\/strong>. Most of it rots in open dumps. A company from Navi Mumbai has spent\u00a018\u00a0years<\/strong>\u00a0turning that problem into an energy solution,\u00a0and is only now beginning to get the attention it deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organic Recycling Systems Limited\u00a0started as a waste management firm. Today, it\u00a0has transitioned into\u00a0an\u00a0integrated\u00a0CleanTech\u00a0and decarbonisation platform<\/strong>, converting\u00a0agricultural waste, energy crops,\u00a0and\u00a0organic fraction of\u00a0municipal waste into\u00a0compressed biogas (CBG)\u00a0and value-added products<\/strong>. The shift is not just in branding. In 2013, the company commissioned\u00a0the\u00a0first\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\n\n\n

Sarang Bhand, the Promoter and Managing Director\u00a0<\/strong>who has led the company since its inception,\u00a0frames the opportunity in stark terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c<\/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>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

  \u2014 Sarang <\/em>Bhand<\/em>, Promoter & MD, ORSL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSW is among the most complex feedstocks in the bioenergy value chain – heterogeneous, seasonally variable, and unforgiving of process errors. ORSL’s 18 years on this feedstock, across multiple states and project types, is reflected in its technology stack: 2 patents, 5+ proprietary technologies, and 7+ innovations<\/strong> currently in its R&D pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORSL serves leading clients such as\u00a0Indian Oil Corporation<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Bharat Petroleum<\/strong>, along with municipal corporations across the country. It has formal research partnerships with\u00a0IIT Bombay<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0IIT Kharagpur<\/strong>, and was recently awarded a\u00a0DBT-BIRAC grant of Rs 1.86 crore<\/strong>\u00a0to develop India\u2019s first BIO-CCU platform,\u00a0a system that captures CO\u2082 from biogas plants and converts it into value-added fuels, in collaboration with both IITs.\u00a0The company was listed on the BSE SME platform in 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India’s National Biofuels Coordination Committee has mandated\u00a01%\u00a0CBG blending in CNG and PNG networks from FY 2025-26, rising to 5% by FY 2028-29.[2]<\/sup>For ORSL, 18 years of converting waste into energy may prove to be its most durable advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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