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In the ‘Green Growth’ segment, 500 new Waste to Wealth plants will be established under the GOBARdhan scheme to promote circular economy. These will include 200 compressed biogas plants, 75 in urban areas, and 300 community or cluster-based plants, at a total investment of Rs 10,000 Cr. Waste to Energy plants use dry waste fraction of municipal solid waste and produce renewable power with a maximum reduction of waste volume utilizing least space in execution in compliance with SWM Rules 2016 and fulfill all the statutory norms of environment protection. Waste to Energy and bio-methanation projects will integrate the concept of circularity in waste management by producing green energy from the dry and wet waste components of municipal solid waste. The by-products, such as electricity and Bio-CNG will also help achieve waste management operations sustainability.