A private sector company has opened a coco peat and coir manufacturing unit on a pilot basis at the waste dumpyard of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). The unit will process nearly 15 tonnes of tender coconut shells that the MCC collects through the waste collection process in the city every day, and thereby solve the major issue. The new unit will reduce the burden for the city corporation in the management of tender coconut shells, which are being transported to the dumpyard in Pachanady. The agency that initiated the project will supply coco peat to the farming sector and coco coir to industries.