Bidding for waste-to-energy plant soon.
The next energy plant which can recycle all waste and rubbish produced in Yangon will be built after calling for tenders, according to Dr Aung Myint Maw, Assistant Chief Engineer, Pollution Control and Cleansing Department of Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).
The cost for building the plant was equally shared by both governments while the technology was provided by Japan.
“A tender might be called by December this year,” said Dr Aung Myint Maw.
The next waste-to-energy plants will be run by using waste in the dumps in the townships, so they will be built within their locations.
Since the companies will be chosen on their ability to comply with our rules and regulations, we still cannot say in which townships the plants will be built and how many plants will be built,” said Dr Aung Myint Maw.
“But in Myanmar, we cannot do the cleaning or dividing into categories yet.
If we do that, I think that in the next four or five years, there will be no land to dump waste in Yangon,” he said .
“Only if we have waste-to-energy plants and reduce environmental pollution in the rubbish dumps, will we be able to use the areas for the next 20 or 30 years,“ said U Aung Myint Maw.
The tender requirements for the next waste-to-energy plants in Yangon are being drawn up, according to Dr Aung Myint Maw.