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The Domestic and Solid Waste Management Center in Mesaieed is contributing greatly in achieving the strategic goals of the country of circular economy and waste management to protect the environment and address climate change.
The Center run by the Ministry of Municipality has generated 271,378 MW of electricity through converting waste to energy in 2022. The Center, the largest facility for waste management in the Middle East, received a huge 667,114 tonnes of waste for treatment last year.
As many as 144,408 tonnes fertilizers, 12,566 tonnes iron, 10,098 tonnes plastic and 4,660 tonnes non-ferous materials were also produced by the center.
This came in a report recently issued by the Ministry Municipality on the achievements of Waste Recycling and Treatment Department during 2022.
Under an initiative run by the Department to give free recyclable materials to Qatari factories working in the field of recycling, 2,900 tonnes wood, 1420 tonnes metals, 1225 tonnes plastic and 220 tonnes paper and cardboard were provided.
Other major achievements of the Waste Recycling and Treatment Department include the allocation of 50 plots of land for factories working in the field of recycling in Al Afja area.
Under the supervision of the department, 2 million tonnes of construction waste were recycled at Rawdat Rashid Landfill. It also issued 12,000 permits for removing waste from landfills and dumpsters. The Department disposed of all tyres stock at Umm Al Afai landfill.
Director of the Waste Recycling and Treatment Department, Eng Hamad Al Bahr, in a statement, said that the capacity of the Domestic and Solid Waste Management Center in Mesaieed reached 2,300 tonnes of waste a day.
He said that the center, the largest in the Middle East, provides environmental solutions to ensure sustainability.
It receives all waste that is transported from waste transfer stations from across the country.
The Qatar National Environment and Climate Change Strategy (QNE) of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is focusing especially on circular economy and waste management to protect the environment and address climate change.
The strategy aims to enhance the critical infrastructure for sustainable waste management and drive more circular use of materials.
To do so, Qatar seeks to close and rehabilitate 100% of unsanitary landfills and achieve a 15% material recycling rate of municipal wastes amongst other targets.
In June 2022 Ministry of Municipality launched an Integrated National Solid Waste Management Programme in Qatar.
The programme targets an integrated development of all facilities and systems for collecting, transporting and managing solid waste until 2030 following principles of circular economy, Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Second National Development Strategy 2018-22.
The programme will also help develop regulations and legislation related to waste sorting and recycling at the source for achieving the desired goal of zero waste and to stop landfills completely.
