Two Shanghai-based companies have signed an agreement with
Pakistan's biggest city to build a US$100-million solid waste
treatment project.
The scheme included the construction of facilities for garbage
collection and transportation, recycling and sanitary backfilling
of garbage, said Qian Yulin, general manager of Shanghai Shengong
Environmental Protection Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Shengong, which designed the project, China Shanghai
(Group) Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technological
Cooperation and the Karachi city government would jointly invest in
the two-year project.
The two Shanghai companies would run the plant after its
completion. The Karachi city government would earmark waste
treatment fees and special subsidies for the plant.
The garbage treatment process would produce fertilizer and
methane, said Qian. The methane would be used to produce
electricity.
Karachi, a sister city of Shanghai, has a population of about 20
million and produces 8,000 tons of urban garbage a day.
(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2007)
