About 300,000 kWh of Renewable Energy was Produced from Waste Within 2 Weeks of World Cup

About 300 000 kWh of Renewable Energy was Produced from Waste Within 2 Weeks of World Cup

The Ministry of Municipality has announced that the solid waste recycling project produced 298,937 kWh of clean energy, in the first two weeks of the World Cup.

Director of Waste Management Department, Hamad Jassim Al Bahar said told QNA that the solid waste recycling project is part of efforts to achieve sustainable development and reduce carbon emissions, leading to an exceptional carbon-neutral World Cup, and to treat waste rather than dumping it in landfills.

The tournament contributed to providing national recycling factories with about 1,103 tonnes of basic raw materials required for the project. 

These materials included cardboard, plastic, metal and glass materials, Al Bahar said. The recyclable materials of the total waste received exceeded 51 percent (568 tonnes), while 536 tonnes (49 percent) were diverted to clean, environmentally friendly energy, he added.

This contributed to the production of about 406 tonnes of fertilizers, 95 tonnes of plastic materials, 36 tonnes of paper and cardboard, as well as 30 tonnes of mineral materials and about 2 tonnes of glass materials, Al Bahar said. The total waste collected from the tournament stadiums amounted to about 480 tonnes, led by Lusail Stadium with 105 tonnes. 

Al Bahar added that the General Cleanliness Department removed about 28,000 tonnes, including about 109 tonnes of recyclable materials. About 1,148 trucks and cleaning equipment and 2,738 workers participated in collecting and removing them in the first week, compared to 405 trucks and 3,727 workers in the second week, he said.

(QNA)