How to Use Garbage to Create Electricity


Creating Biogas from Waste Products

Waste into Wonder (photo credit: onesevenone via photopin cc)



Don’t Waste!


The Benefits of Biogas


The EGG Machine


What You’ll Need

Steam engine or cooker.
Wire and ropes


  4. You can see a diagram for these steps here.
  5. Fill the big container with water.
  9. You can see diagrams for the above steps here.




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How to Use Garbage to Create Electricity

  1. mahadevappa

    i want to start a factory in hubli karnataka please give me the details

    1. Arjun Jolly

      Are you looking to create this factory around turning waste into electricity?

    2. jowin johny

      ya. i want to exicute this is in ma village. can u help me.

  2. gourav gupta

    sir,iam mechanical engineer(2nd year) &i want to made electricity with garbage material.
    i have also doing work on this project,but my practical is fail continuosly.Then please suggest me about use of garbage in the form of electricity

    1. Arjun Jolly

      what methods are you currently using? did you try the method outlined in this article?

  3. Heather

    definitely got me hooked with ur webpage! I will wind up
    being back again significantly more frequently.

  4. Dee

    Wat can u replc fo a steam machine!!

  5. Dick Wang

    trash hose supplier in China for your reference

  6. vaishali

    i found this article very interesting and am willing to work it out.. could you please tell me why the reservoir is filled with water? what does it have to do with the storage of biogas?

    1. Arjun Jolly

      It is needed in order to boil the water and generate steam

    2. kennedy

      just only to generate steam

  7. amar

    i am 2year studt garbage was explayan how to do sir

  8. Alexander Mapira

    Thank you for the education on garbage electricity but I realy wanna know more about it.

    Thank you

  9. nithin

    i want a project to do in science fair can u please sent it to my gmail

    1. Arjun Jolly

      Are you looking to complete this project in your science fair? Let us know and we can send you more info.

  10. kaydene

    i want all the info i can get on this subject.

  11. Wajeed Pathan

    I really need whole info about this project sir… I’m currently working on this project but couldn’t get the exact idea… so plz Sir I’m in a gr8 need of abstract nd whole info about this…

    1. Arjun Jolly

      Wajeed – are you currently working on the project of creating electricity from garbage? what kind of information can we provide to you that would help?

    2. Mukesh Gupta

      I want to start electric production from garbage by putting amount 1 crore in rupees

  12. kaydene

    i hope to learn about this i know there is counties that use this way for there electric

  13. David T

    how many kilowatt can this EGG produce

  14. parry

    how can you apply this method on a larger scale and also if there is other methods because i wish to learn more since its a project on my mind

  15. ram

    Hi gourav
    Can you tell me How much expences for start the cimpany .
    To generate 350 mw elecricity.

  16. C G Reddy

    Can we think of bigger capacity? Want to start on a pilot basis in Bangalore. Is it possible to share more details.

  17. mphotza

    what’s a boiler

  18. Fatana

    Sir, I want to do this project in my science fair. I need your help. Could you please send me the details?


    We want to set up a factory and an Estate here in Nigeria and we want to generate our power independently. How much will it cost us?


    i m interested in setting up a plant which can produce electricity from garbage so kindly send the detail what i actually need to set up my send ur contact details so that i can be in touch with u .

  21. Nikhil

    I want to know that “Is there any pollution due to the burning of garbage which would cause harm to human being ?

  22. satya

    Any one can help me

    I am planing to start this project.

  23. Pee Kay

    Great process, but have some questions:
    1. What is the time estimate for the bacteria to produce the gas
    2. Can it be replicated for a large scale?

  24. NIKHIL

    Sir is this method harmful for the environment ?

  25. rashi

    hey.. there is a science fair in my college please provide me with some projects based upon electricity..

  26. NIKHIL

    Sir is this method will be useful in future ?

  27. Praveen

    Can u send me procedure so that i can experiment

  28. Sunil

    how much capital is required to generate electricity which is sufficient for a small village which has 1000 houses using waste

  29. lalit

    sir , i want to start factory in Maharashtra and the factory i was think how can i convert garbage waste into electricity, and while surfing i came to this page. So, please sir help me with the all detail and i need ur support i like to start this type of factory which would be helpful for our environment.

  30. Neerja Saxena

    Sir, i have triedmany ways to get electricity from garbage but each time failed. I was trying to do it for a village near by. your i want to try your method as well. what do you mean by hose?
    can you give picture diagram and steps so that i come to get success this time?

    1. kennedy

      its a hose pipe

  31. Nada Rustom

    my son is on g6 , he is looking for how to generate electricity from waste food for a science fair, can you help please or send me photos ???

    thank you so much

    1. Arjun Jolly

      Sure – please submit what you need through the contact form and our team will do their best to help!

  32. mudassir

    Plz help me I m much worried. Plz snd me fesibility report how to produce electricity from garbage

    1. Arjun Jolly

      Hi M what are you looking for exactly?

  33. annapurna

    i as a teacher trying to do this project for my students at science exhibition ,& i hope the work of producing energy will be more easy if can saperate the things as biodegradebles &nonbiodegradebles please give me an idea for this

  34. Nitesh

    Great article, really appreciate this, Can you please help me to understand it in more depth.
    1. How much waste will be required to start this project?
    2. What would be the output from this plant?
    3. How much initial investment cost to start this project?

    Kindly reply

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