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VOLUME 104 | ISSUE 110 | NOVEMBER 2018 Page 4 Environment News Established by H.H. Dr. Syedna Environment Wellness & Lifestyle Monthly NewsletterHumans have wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, says WWF Mohammed Burhanuddin (RA) in 1992Earth's ability to provide for humankind'sincreasing demands has been exhausted and the world's wildlife is paying the price.Life on earth is being wiped out by humans Representatives of Burhani Foundation BFI–IBA representativesliving beyond the planet's means, according toconservation organization WWF. Their latest India and Indian Biogas Association met met with theglobal report claims wildlife is dying out fasterthan ever and says nature needs international with the Honorable Petroleum Minister\"life support\". Between 1970 and 2014, 60%of all animals with a backbone - fish, birds, 9 out of 10 of the world's seabirds Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi. Honorable Petroleum Ministeramphibians, reptiles and mammals-were wiped are thought to have plastic inout by human appetites and activity. their stomachs. By 2050 only The Honorable Minister was informed 1/10th of the planet's land will be free from human impact, the about the BFI–IBA tie up and the activities Living Planet Report 2018 says. undertaken by this partnership. He was also informed about the Biogas Application and its benefits. The App is being jointly developed by BFI–IBA. Climate change: Oceans soaking up more heat than estimated Mr Pradhan appreciated this partnership and also highlighted the initiatives by the The world has seriously underestimated the Government of India in promoting the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over Renewable energy sector. the past 25 years, researchers say. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% What is a Biogas Digester? more than previously thought. They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel A biogas digester is a large tank where Biogas is produced through decomposition emissions than estimated. This could make it or breakdown of organic matter through a process called anaerobic digestion. We much more difficult to keep global warming call it a digester because it is a large tank filled with bacteria that digests organic within safe levels this century. waste and gives a flammable gas, called biogas. All anaerobic digesters perform the basic function of holding manure in the absence of oxygen and maintain the properBurhani Foundation (India) conditions for methane forming microorganisms to grow. There is a wide variety of anaerobic digesters, each performing this function in subtly different ways. has partnered with 1. Floating Drum Biogas DigesterRecycled Paper Used Floating drum biogas plants consist of a digester Recycled Paper Used and a moving gasholder. The gasholder floats either BURHANI FOUNDATION (INDIA) direct on the fermentation slurry or in a waterAmatullah Manzil, 65 Bazargate Street, Fort, Mumbai-1. jacket of its own. The gas collects in the gas drum, which then rises on this positive pressure. If gas isPhone: 22678480 / 22634326 Youtube: Burhani Foundation India Channel drawn off, the drum falls again. The gas drum is prevented from tilting by a guide frame.Website: burhanifoundationindia.org Facebook: Burhani-Foundation-IndiaEmail: [email protected] Twitter: [email protected] Instagram: burhani.foundation

Page 2 Page 3 ….. Continued from page 1 Are YOU still using P L A S T I C ?2. Up flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Digester (UASB) Few points you should consider before utilizing and dumping plastic product next time. Single use plastic is the most dangerous type and we need to stop its usage.This is a form of anaerobic digester that is used for wastewater treatment. It usesan anaerobic process whilst forming a blanket of granular sludge that suspends in Plastic never goes awaythe tank. Wastewater flows upwards through the blanket and is processed by the Plastic is a durable material made to lastanaerobic microorganisms. As the blanket begins to reach maturity; small sludge forever, yet 33 percent of it is used oncegranules begin to form whose surface area is covered in aggregations of bacteria.The flow conditions create an environment in which micro-organisms attach to each and then discarded. Plastic cannotother and survive as well as proliferate. Eventually the aggregates form into dense bio-degrade; it breaks down into smallercompact bio-films referred to as \"granules\". Biogas with a high concentration ofmethane is produced as a by-product. and smaller pieces.3. Fixed Dome Biogas Digester Plastic poisons our food chain Even plankton, the tiniest creatures in our oceans, areThe fixed dome biogas system, also known as Chinese model biogas plant, was eating micro plastics and absorbing their toxins. Thedeveloped and built in China the 1930s. The unit consists of an underground brick substance displaces nutritive algae that creatures up themasonry compartment (fermentation chamber) with a dome on the top for gasstorage. A fixed-dome biogas plant consists of an enclosed digester with a fixed, food chain require.non-movable gas space. The gas is stored in the upper part of the digester. Whengas production commences, the slurry is displaced into the compensating tank. Plastic spoils our groundwater There are tens of thousands of landfills across the globe.4. Complete Mix Digester Buried beneath each one of them, plastic leachate full of toxic chemicals is seeping into groundwater and flowingA complete mix digester is a type of anaerobic digesterthat uses a mechanical mixing system and in which downstream into lakes and rivers.temperature and volume are controlled to maximizethe anaerobic digestion process for biological waste Plastic attracts other pollutants and piles up intreatment, methane production, and odor control. It the environmentconsists of a sealed tank where organic waste materialis heated and mixed with micro-organisms for breaking Manufacturers' additives in plastics, like flamedown the waste. The Biogas thus generated, is retardants, BPAs and PVCs, can leach their ownextracted from the top of the digester for further toxins. These oily poisons repel water and stick toprocessing and utilizing. petroleum-based objects like plastic debris. Only 8 percent of it gets recycled or incinerated. The rest5. Plug Flow Digester ends up in landfills or becomes 'litter'.A plug flow digester is one of the primary types of anaerobic digesters that handlegreater amounts of solids than a complete mix digester. The manure entering the Plastic affects human health and threatens wildlifedigester displaces its volume, thereby causing an equal amount of material to exit. Chemicals leached by plastics are in the blood and tissue of nearly all ofThe difference with the plug flow digester is that the contents within the plug floware thick enough to keep particles from settling to the bottom of the tank. us. Exposure to them is linked to cancers, birth defects, impairedRecycled Paper Used immunity, endocrine disruption and other ailments. Entanglement, Recycled Paper Used ingestion and habitat disruption all result from plastic ending up in the spaces where animals live.