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Deals signed to launch waste-to-energy project under public-private partnership Published:  April 02, 2022 18:30 Azeem Samar, Correspondent Karachi: Agreements have been signed with leading power sector companies to safely use garbage collected in Karachi for production of clean electricity. The Sindh government’s Energy Department, Local Government Department, and Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) have […]

Muhammad Shafa Published in Business Recorder, April 2, 2022 – KARACHI: Four globally reputed companies are intending to make a cumulative $600 million investment to convert Karachi’s garbage into electricity and the Sindh government has also given them green signal by signing Letter of Intent (LOI). Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh while talking to […]

By Our Correspondent: Published in The News, April 02, 2022 – Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh said that letters of intent had been signed with leading power sector companies to safely consume 6,000 to 8,000 tonnes of municipal waste generated on a daily basis in Karachi. He said the proposed waste-to-energy project […]

Landfills are sites that collect any unrecycled waste. They are basically dumping sites for waste that have not been reused or recycled. Landfills contain both household and commercial waste, both organic and inert. Despite being regulated, designed, operated and monitored for compliance, landfills pose threats to human life, property and the environment. This article will […]

Most of us can claim to have read up on waste management processes. However, it should come as no surprise that despite our best efforts, the damage has continued, only at a different rate. We have come a long way in efficiently dealing with waste, yet several key problems continue to merge and injure the […]

We explain why Waste to Energy (WtE) technology and methane emissions reduction will hold the key to reducing Climate Change over the next 10 years. It follows from this that we plead for all politicians to pledge to support a policy of methane reduction first, above all other forms of climate change abatement. At Wasterblog […]

GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some […]