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WASTE MANAGEMENT

DCC tangles delay project 'go-ahead'

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Two Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects for better waste management are facing serious setback because of bureaucratic tangles at the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), speakers at a workshop said yesterday.
The projects, if implemented, will create at least 750 new jobs and attract US $ 6.5 million foreign direct investment, they said.
The World Wide Recycling (WWR) of the Netherlands in association with the Waste Concern, a local environmental organisation, has developed the projects titled 'Landfill gas extraction and utilisation from Matuali waste dump site' and 'Composting of organic waste in Dhaka'.
Although the projects were approved by the National CDM Committee on August 8 last year, the DCC is delaying signing an agreement with the WWR for their implementation, said Iftekhar Enayetullah, director of Waste Concern.
The Waste Concern organised the workshop at the Brac Centre in the city with a view to sharing the project activities with its stakeholders.
"Under a project, methane, a major constituent of greenhouse gas, will be extracted from the waste dump site at Matuail and three to six MW electricity will be generated using the gas," said
Enayetullah.
Under the other project, 2,55,500 tons of waste at the Matuail landfill site will be composted a year.
The speakers said the two projects are first of its kind in the country and if these are not implemented immediately, foreign investments in such projects will be discouraged.
"The DCC can collect 1,700 tons of waste a day, 80 percent of which are organic substances. We will install a plant with a capacity of composting 700 tons a day at the Matuail dumpsite after the DCC signs an agreement with us," said Maarten Van Dijk, managing director of the WWR.
"The long-term goal of the project is to contribute to better waste management, separate collection of organic wastes, produce valuable compost and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the landfill sites in Dhaka," said AH Maqsood Sinha, executive director of Waste Concern.
The projects will also help check ground and surface water contamination, he added.
"Under the project, 51,000 tons of organic fertiliser will be produced from the waste a year, which will enhance the organic contents in the soil," said Prof Dr Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET).