Myanmar: Bidding for waste-to-energy plant soon

Myanmar: 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.

The first waste-to-energy plant produces 700 kilowatt per hour by burning 60
of 72 tonnes of waste in Mingaladon township.

"A tender might be called by December this year," said Dr Aung Myint Maw.

About 2500 tons of waste are produced per day in Yangon. The waste is
collected from the whole of the region and sent to dumps in Mingaladon,
Hlaing Tharyar, Shwe Pyi Thar, Dala, North Dagon, and Seikgyi Kanaungto
townships.

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.

But in which townships the next plants will be built has not been determined
yet.

"We are still planning for the tender. 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.

Dr Aung Myint Maw said that in other countries, waste is collected and
divided into categories such as wet or dry waste and are sanitised by
cleaning to prevent soil, air and water pollution.

"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 air pollution caused by the rubbish will decrease because of the
waste-to-energy plants, he said, adding that they will not only produce
electricity but also reduce the land needed for rubbish dumps.

The tender requirements for the next waste-to-energy plants in Yangon are
being drawn up, according to Dr Aung Myint Maw.

Myanmar's first waste-to-energy plant, which started operations in April
this year, was built through a joint effort between the Myanmar and Japanese
governments.

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