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India generates 2.07 billion cubic meters of biogas per annum. This is equivalent to 5% of the total liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption in the country. Biogas production (e.g., Methane) often requires anaerobic digestion of food waste in an optimum temperature to get maximum biogas yield. The gas produced after anaerobic digestion can be dewatered and cleaned to be utilised through a biogas based fuel generation system. In addition, the by-product (slurry) formed in the process provides additional organic manure for farming and maintaining the soil fertility. The present work discusses about a fabricated simple, convenient and cost-effective Organic Processing Digester (OPD) system that can produce biogas in an eco-friendly way. This proof of concept establishes that there is potential of using food waste/municipal solid waste (MSW) in a sustainable way to divert the waste from landfilling, whilst also …