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Surat: Imagine producing gas and vitrified tiles from the municipal solid waste or leather from the fungi. This has become a reality at the Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) and the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU).
SVNIT Professor Salim Channiwala has developed a technology that can make gas and tiles from waste. While VNSGU bioscience students have made leather from fungi.
Eco-friendly plant that converts waste into energy
A plant that converts waste into energy has been built on the SVNIT campus. They received a fund of Rs 1 crore from the Ministry of Science and Technology to develop a gasification technology plant. This plant converts municipal waste into gas based on plasma technology, which we can use as energy. After that, this plant also converts the remaining waste into products including tiles, grit. Based on which this is a zero waste technology.
Artificial leather made from a fungus called Ganoderma
VNSGU’s Bioscience Department has produced leather from a fungus called Ganoderma. The aim was to find an alternative to artificial and animal-free leather production. In the process of making leather from fungi, the fungal component mycelium is given a specific temperature, humidity and nutrients. Then it is dried, melted and made smooth with biopolymers.
The material obtained from this process is similar to traditional leather in appearance and touch. But no animal skin is used in it. This leather is easily destroyed in the environment. Student Dharaba Rana did this research under the guidance of Head of the Department Kailash Patel and Professor Rajeshree Patel. A grant of Rs 2.50 lakh has also been received for this project under SSIP.
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