The government has taken up an initiative to produce power, fertilizer and Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) from waste.
In this regard, it is going to establish a modern technology at Matuail under Dhaka South City Corporation.
Eighty-one acres of land at Matuail would be used for implement the environment-friendly project.
According to the project plan, an incinerator plant would be installed for generating 30-35MW electricity from waste per day.
Firstly, power would be generated then fertilizer and other goods would be generated from waste through use of modern technology. Producing different products, wastes would be separated in different categories like plastic, glass, iron, bronze and colour materials.
A proposal on generating electricity from waste has been sent to the concerned state organisations of China, Malaysia, Korea, United Kingdom and United States. The development partners would invest on the proposal examining waste types, sources said.
Sources of DSCC said necessary infrastructure there would be constructed along with embankment, gas transmission line and artificial line for recycling waste.
DSCC will collect heavy equipment and vehicles including flat light, cable car and other machineries to implement the project.
The initiative would be implemented by the Local Government Division under ‘Expansion and Land Development of Matuail Sanitary Landfill’ project. The project cost is estimated at Tk 1,316 crore. The primary works of the project has already been started.
Incinerator plant would be installed on June 2021. After installation, 30-35MW electricity would be generated from waste per day.
Chief Waste Management Officer of DSCC said the government has taken initiative to generate power and other products from waste. We will use modern technology for producing power and fertilizer from waste, he said, adding that once the project implemented, it would be possible to generate 30-35MW power from waste per day.
