Organic waste is being converted into clean fuel, electricity and organic manure in several parts of India as waste-to-energy initiatives expand under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Launched in October 2014, the mission has promoted scientific municipal solid-waste management, while its Urban 2.0 programme supports solutions based on local waste streams and community needs. At the Shrimati Manekba Vinay Vihar Educational Complex near Adalaj in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, two biogas plants with a combined capacity of 90 cubic metres per day meet the cooking-fuel needs of a campus serving more than 500 people daily. The facilities use dung from 222 cows, kitchen waste and agricultural residue, replacing around 30 LPG cylinders each month. The project has received support through the Gujarat government’s Institutional Biogas Plant Scheme and the Gujarat Energy Development Agency. A facility in Prayagraj processes wet waste, paddy straw, cattle dung and poultry litter. It can handle 343 t of organic waste daily and produce around 21 t of compressed biogas (CBG), which is used in city transport. Wet-waste collection has risen from 7 to 8 t initially to nearly 125 t daily, while the plant also produces around 28 t of compost each day for farmers. The facility is expected to eventually provide piped gas to around 45,000 households and cut annual carbon emissions by approximately 57,000 t. At Adarsh Gaushala in Gwalior, a 100 t-per-day CBG plant processes cattle dung into 2 t of compressed biogas and 10 to 15 t of dry bio-manure daily. Inaugurated in October 2024 and developed with Indian Oil Corporation at a cost of Rs. 310 mn, it occupies 5 acres and can also process vegetable and fruit waste. Hyderabad’s Bowenpally Vegetable Market processes around 10 t of discarded produce daily, generating 400 to 500 units of electricity and 30 kg of biofuel. The output powers market facilities and a commercial kitchen, while residual slurry is used as liquid bio-manure. The plant has halved the monthly electricity bill from about Rs. 0.3 mn and supported five additional plants, alongside employment and skills opportunities for women. Together, the projects demonstrate a shift from waste disposal towards resource recovery and local energy generation.