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Sat, 04/19/2014 - 21:26
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HE Qatar’s Prime Minister Inspects Solid Waste Management Centre in Mesaieed

Doha, April 19 (QNA) - HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani paid an inspection visit to the Solid Waste Management Centre (SWMC) in Mesaieed. During the inspection tour, HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister was briefed on a comprehensive model for SWMC facility and its various sections, and was given a detailed explanation on the center functions. His Excellency was also briefed on the different stages of recycling. HE Sheikh Abdullah also entrusted HE the Environment Minister to prepare a study on how to expand the facility and increase its capacity to accommodate the increasing demand for waste management and on how to handle the issue of landfill as well as how to cooperate with the private sector in issues-related to waste management. HE the Prime Minister was accompanied during the visit by HE the Environment Minister Ahmed bin Amer Al Humaidi, and SWMC Director Mansour Saleh Bou Matar Al Muhannadi and a number of the ministry officials. HE the Environment Minister told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that HE the Prime Minister's inspection visit to the waste management facility reflected the importance attached by the government to the environment projects, saying that environment is a key element in the national strategy and one of the four pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030. HE the Minister described the waste management facility as one of the important infrastructure projects in Qatar, and the first of its kind in the GCC and Middle East region. The Waste Management Centre is the first and the first of its kind in the Middle East, due to its usage of the latest technology at all stages of waste management. The center's plan for the next five years will focus on dealing with the expected increase in the volume of domestic wastes. It includes establishing a new waste management station in the West of Doha in the next five years to deal with that challenge. The two current stations, located in the South and West of Doha, have a combined capacity of 900 tons. The Ministry of Environment said that operating the center to its full capacity will lead to a departure from the conventional waste management techniques used in dumpsters. The center, which has full capacity between 1800-2000, is the biggest fertilizer factory in the world. It currently produces 50 megawatts, uses only 16.4 megawatts of those and transfers the rest to the state's public electricity network. (END)

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