LUCKNOW, Sept. 29 -- Uttar Pradesh could set a national model in waste-to-best transition with the state fast positioning itself as a national hub for compressed biogas (CBG), turning cattle dung, agro-residues and urban wet waste into fuel.

In terms of numbers of plants operational and in the pipeline as well as in terms of production, UP maintains a significant lead over all other states in the country-an achievement that experts attribute to easy availability of feed, demand for gas and the state government's attractive bio-energy policy that comes with several concessions and subsidies.

"UP is fast positioning itself as a national hub for compressed biogas (CBG), leveraging cattle dung, agricultural residues and municipal wet waste ...