‘Dirty’ energy: British firm to generate power from garbage
The company will collect 9,000 tons of garbage daily from Karachi and generate electricity with it.
KARACHI:
A British firm has entered into an agreement with the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to generate electricity using garbage collected from Karachi.
KMC Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Glasgow-based Cork Private Limited in this regard.
Under the agreement, the company will collect 9,000 tons of garbage daily from Karachi and generate electricity with it.
Richard Cork, of Cork Private Limited, signed the document, says a KMC release issued here on Wednesday. Cork said his firm had experience in the field of solid waste management and was serving in many countries successfully.
On the occasion, Syed stressed the need for inviting more international companies to perform various municipal works in Karachi on the basis of public-private partnerships, so that the municipal services network could be made far-reaching.
Electricity production from garbage would lead to useful disposal of a large quantity of garbage generated in the city, he claimed.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2012.
A British firm has entered into an agreement with the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to generate electricity using garbage collected from Karachi.
KMC Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Glasgow-based Cork Private Limited in this regard.
Under the agreement, the company will collect 9,000 tons of garbage daily from Karachi and generate electricity with it.
Richard Cork, of Cork Private Limited, signed the document, says a KMC release issued here on Wednesday. Cork said his firm had experience in the field of solid waste management and was serving in many countries successfully.
On the occasion, Syed stressed the need for inviting more international companies to perform various municipal works in Karachi on the basis of public-private partnerships, so that the municipal services network could be made far-reaching.
Electricity production from garbage would lead to useful disposal of a large quantity of garbage generated in the city, he claimed.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2012.