Netel India And ORS Partner For Urban Waste Solutions

Taking a pioneering leap towards India's growing waste problem in urban areas, Netel India Limited, a subsidiary of the Neterwala Group, and Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORS) have joined hands under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive scalable valorisation of waste efforts. The collaboration, part of a move to boost India's solid waste infrastructure, will focus on driving development and implementation of integrated waste management and waste-to-energy solutions through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) models.

Given that cities in India are grappling with the issue of high-rising solid waste generation, the partnership comes at a prime time. The Netel-ORS program aims to bring to the country extensive, cutting-edge, and sustainable waste management methods, especially the production of Compressed Biogas (CBG) from waste biodegradable materials. The program aligns with India's overall renewable energy and green policies, alongside global climate action and resource circularity initiatives.

On terms of the MoU, Organic Recycling Systems will exercise engineering and technical implementation leadership, particularly on projects aimed at organic waste treatment and CBG production. Leveraging its extensive experience in anaerobic digestion and biogas technologies, ORS has been at the forefront of creating innovative sustainable solutions for transforming organic municipal waste into clean energy and nutrient-rich digestate.

Netel India, on the other hand, will manage project funding and will target segments relating to Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF)-to-energy conversion. The firm, having spearheaded major leaps in environmental monitoring and compliance solutions, will infuse its investment depth and infrastructure implementation capabilities into the alliance so that conceptualized projects are not merely technically feasible but financially feasible and scalable as well.

The two firms combined will deliver a series of future PPP and EPC projects in India, providing end-to-end solutions that encompass long-term operations and maintenance. The projects will be for the treatment of inorganic and organic fractions of municipal solid waste, and the cities will have viable options to landfilling and allow for energy generation and emissions reduction.

Apart from that, the partnership is also to involve cooperation in future business ventures. There is also cooperation involved to upgrade existing environmental facilities of Netel India with ORS's advanced biogas technologies. This move is seen to improve the performance of current facilities and make operations more efficient and less harmful to the environment.

The top management of the two firms was optimistic about what this alliance could bring. Yashas Bhand, CEO and Whole-Time Director of Organic Recycling Systems, spoke of the potential for partnership on complementary strengths to address one of India's most intractable environmental challenges. "This MoU is a testament to our faith in the ability of strategic partnership to address India's most critical environmental challenges," he noted. "Netel India has complementary strengths, and we believe this collaboration will open new doors to innovation, scale, and impact.".

On similar lines, Rajesh Saigal, Group President – Engineering Businesses at the Neterwala Group, highlighted the strategic importance of the partnership in enabling India to achieve its twin goals of efficient waste disposal and renewable energy. "With India being increasingly pressured to develop waste management capabilities and achieve renewable energy targets, such partnerships provide a compelling value proposition for scalable and sustainable waste solutions with an optimal blend of technical innovation along with strong execution capability," Saigal further added.

India, which produces more than 150,000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste every day, has been on the lookout for tech-based solutions for managing the growing pressure on its urban infrastructure. Government programs like the Swachh Bharat Mission and the SATAT scheme have attached significance to bio-CNG and waste-to-energy technology in reaching sustainability targets.

In advancing these national priorities, the Netel-ORS partnership provides not just a realistic response to urban waste issues but also to the wider climate action agenda. Their collective intervention in waste valorisation will be expected to reap a number of dividends—greenhouse gas emissions reduction, decentralized clean energy generation enhancement, green job creation, and circular economy behavior promotion.

As the collaboration matures, the two firms intend to prove the strength of cooperation between industries and innovation in turning waste into economic and energy source rather than environmental liability. Their combined action may set a new standard for sustainable city waste management in India and serve as a template for other industry-wide collaborations and geographies.