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HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani has paid an inspection visit to the Solid Waste Management Centre (SWMC) in Mesaieed. |
During the tour, the Prime Minister was briefed on a comprehensive model for SWMC facility and its various sections, and was given a detailed explanation on the centre’s functions.
He was also briefed on the different stages of recycling.
The Prime Minister was accompanied during the visit by HE the Environment Minister Ahmed Amer Mohamed al-Humaidi, and SWMC Director Mansour Saleh Bou Matar Al Muhannadi and a number of the ministry officials.
The Prime Minister asked 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 how to handle the issue of landfill as well as how to co-operate with the private sector on issues-related to waste management.
HE the Environment Minister told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that 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.
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. It uses 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 waste. 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 tonnes.
The Ministry of Environment said that operating the centre to its full capacity will lead to a departure from the conventional waste management techniques used in dumpsters.
