Iraq aims to support waste-to-energy projects via new regulation
In Iraq, state news agency Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that the local government has introduced a new law to support the use of solid waste for the production of electricity and methane gas.
According to the report, the law will seek to set simple regulatory framework for investors, encouraging investments in the production of electricity and methane gas from solid waste.
“The governorate of Baghdad alone produces between 8,000 and 10,000 tons of waste daily, and about 40% of it is organic waste,” the Director of the Technical Department in the Ministry of Environment, Issa Fayyad said.
The report also stated that the country’s Ministry of Environment is working with the municipality of Baghdad, the Investment Authority and the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities on the new legislation.
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