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The Problem:

Every day, I see how much food and organic waste gets thrown away—peels, leftovers, garden clippings. It’s frustrating because all this waste could be useful, yet it ends up in landfills, creating pollution and greenhouse gases. At the same time, energy sources like LPG, petrol, and electricity are getting more expensive and harder to access. So we’re stuck with two problems: valuable waste going unused and rising energy costs.

Gap in Current Solutions:

Most households either rely on composting or throw waste into the bin for municipal collection. Composting can be slow, messy, and requires space and effort, while landfills produce harmful gases. Industrial waste-to-energy plants exist, but they’re centralized, expensive, and far from what a normal household can use. There’s no simple, affordable device that lets people turn their everyday organic waste into energy efficiently.

The Solution:

BioSpark is a small, household-friendly device that changes how we deal with waste. You feed it your food scraps or organic leftovers, and it converts them into biogas using a safe, controlled process. The gas can be used for cooking, heating, or even electricity generation. What’s left behind is nutrient-rich residue that can fertilize your garden. In other words, your waste becomes a resource—helping you save money and reduce environmental impact.

Who Benefits:

Households: Save on energy bills and reduce waste hassle.
Communities: Cleaner streets, fewer landfills, and a push toward sustainable living.
Local Governments & NGOs: Lower waste management costs and promote eco-friendly initiatives.

Why It Matters to Me:

I’ve noticed how much organic waste we generate every day, even in small households, while energy bills keep rising. Seeing these two problems side by side made me think: why not solve both at once? With a device like BioSpark, families can save money, reduce waste, and make a positive environmental impact—all from home. It’s a simple idea with the potential to make everyday life smarter and more sustainable.

Technical Details:

* An airtight digestion chamber with sensors to optimize gas production.
* A gas collection and purification system to make the biogas safe to use.
* User-friendly notifications for feeding waste, checking energy readiness, and managing residue.
* Optional IoT integration for remote monitoring and performance tracking.

In short, BioSpark turns a daily nuisance into a valuable resource. It’s practical, sustainable, and something any household can use to make a real difference for themselves and the environment.

                                                                                                  Reclaiming waste and restoring earth

Problem

Landfills release methane a greenhouse gas that is about 80 times stronger than CO₂. They also leak toxic liquids into the soil and water which can harm plants, animals, and people. Cities are producing more waste than they have space to handle. Current waste to energy systems burn trash, which releases CO₂ and does not fully reduce pollution. Because of this landfills are still major sources of climate change and pollution making it harder to achieve netzero goals.

Market Gap

Current methods to capture methane are mostly for big sites, expensive, and hard to scale. Recycling does not reduce methane from landfills and struggles with mixed waste. Carbon capture usually does not focus on landfill gases, which make up 11% of the world’s methane. Right now there is no single system that can capture methane, clean waste, and reuse resources all together.

 Solution : ReClaim units

Modular units deployed at landfill sites to:

• Capture methane via biofilters and membrane systems that actively extract methane from landfill surfaces and gas vents.
• Convert methane into renewable fuels through catalytic reformers (which reform methane into syngas) and microbial bioconversion, where specialized microbes produce upgraded biogas.
• Mineralize captured CO₂ by reacting it with alkaline industrial waste or minerals to form stable solid carbonates, creating carbon negative construction aggregates.
• Treat toxic leachates using a combination of biological (aerobic and anaerobic microbial digestion), chemical (oxidation and precipitation), and physical (membrane filtration, adsorption) technologies, monitored and controlled by integrated bio-indicator sensors (BITE tech) that detect heavy metals and toxins in real-time for adaptive management.
• Stabilize residual waste into inert construction bricks by employing waste solidification and stabilization techniques, binding contaminants into a safe matrix while producing durable, carbon negative building materials.

Scientific Mechanism

• Methane from waste in landfills is pulled out using suction and filters with microbes that consume methane.
• Membranes separate methane to concentrate it for energy use.
• Methane is converted into a fuel gas called syngas using catalysts.
• Microbes break down organic waste into biogas, which is cleaned and turned into renewable gas or hydrogen.
• CO₂ reacts with waste materials to form solid carbon that stays locked in building materials.
• Toxic liquids from landfills are cleaned by microbes, chemicals, filters, and activated carbon.
• Sensors track pollution continuously to keep treatment safe and effective.
• Heavy metals and harmful chemicals are removed to protect soil and water.
• Leftover solids are mixed with binders and hardened into bricks.
• These bricks reduce landfill size and can be used for eco-friendly construction

Who Benefits?

• pollution in cities reduced, land is reclaimed and gain the carbon credits.
• Waste companies access new revenues.
• Carbon credit buyers get verifiable impact credits.
• Communities enjoy cleaner air, water, and repurposed land.
• Construction receives carbon negative materials.

Why It Matters to Me

I want to reduce pollution and fight climate change by controlling methane from landfills, one of the fastest ways to slow global warming. I am motivated to stop toxic liquids from leaking into soil and water, keeping ecosystems and communities safe from harmful contamination. This project lets me turn a growing environmental problem into a local solution that improves air quality, cleans water, and turns waste into clean energy and useful materials. It’s about making real, visible benefits for people and the planet in their own communities.

Road Map

• Prototype modular methane capture and leachate treatment unit with sensors.
• Pilot with mid-sized city landfill demonstrating full system and monetization.
• Scale to multiple sites and improve efficiency.
• Monetize renewable energy, carbon credits, and recycled bricks.
• Expand globally in rapidly urbanizing regions.

•Cold storage facilities are centralized and far from villages.

•Existing units run on diesel or expensive electricity, raising costs.

•Farmers are dependent on external suppliers for fuel and storage.