Waste Management

REGIONS OF Waste management CLIMATE ACTION

Expected project CAPEX : 37’959’000 € Mandating Authority : Directorate General of Municipalities

Summary Solid waste management in government including Duhok city is being done by municipalities; collection and transportation of solid waste is mostly being done by private companies while sorting, landfilling, throwing to dump site, producing compost and re- cyclable material is being done by Directorate General of municipalities directly. The solid waste of Duhok city, Semel district and district, 11 IPD’s and refugees camps, is received by Kwashe recycling plants (25km west of Duhok).

Location and population Duhok city, Duhok Govern- ment, -Kurdistan Region; 358,550 inh.

Social and environmental impact The main objectives of this solid waste man- agement project are: maintaining peoples health; decreasing air, soil and water pollu- tion; creating job opportunities and income.

Main stakeholders Duhok government

100 Climate Solutions Project Campaign ~ 2016 100 Climate Solutions Project Campaign ~ 2016 Amount of waste generated Existing waste management plan 511,000 tons (per year) YES Amount of waste currently collected Final disposal today YES

Waste type Comments Organic 50% Plastic 10% Paper 7% The population of Duhok city, the center of Duhok Government, is 358,550 capita. Duhok city’s solid waste is transferred to Kwashe Metal 8% Glass 2% Recycling plants, and this site is 25 km west of Duhok city. This site is receiving solid waste from with population of Project maturity ( IFC / World Bank Categories ) 287,600 and Semel district with population of 196,480, in addition STAGE 1 : Concept Development, Site identification to solid waste of 354,629 IDPs (internally displaced people) and STAGE 2 : Pre-Feasibility Studies refugees in 11 camps in the area and in non-camps area. So, the total number of beneficiaries is 1,197,259 persons. Implementing STAGE 3 : Feasibility Studies such projects will create job opportunities for IDPs, refugees and STAGE 4 : Permitting / Financing / Contracts host communities; this will improve their income and improve the STAGE 5 : Engineering/Construction/Commercial Operation economy of the region. Collection and transportation of solid waste from Duhok city, Zakho district and Semel district are currently Current recycling rate done through three private companies as local contractors with 40% from received waste (560 tons daily out of 1400 tons) an annual budget of 11,000,000 US$.

Infrastructure Stage Short description Expected Capex Expected Capacity Encourage preliminary sorting at households and cities to increase efficiency of recy- 12,000,000US$ per Improving collection 4 & 5 cling plants; increase income and decrease 300,000US$ per year year landfilling size and support municipalities to collect and transport solid waste

Transfer stations 4 & 5 Construct 5 transfer stations for remote area 1,500,000 US$ Nill

Sorting Centre 4 & 5 Build a third line sorting plant in Kwashe 18,000,000US$ Nill

Maintenance and developing of machines 4 & 5 500,000US$ 100,000US$ Composting facilities with structures Recyclables processing 4 & 5 Maintenance and adding new technology 1,100,000US$ 400,000US$ facilities Start gas collection system as first stage 4 & 5 2,000,000US$ Nill Waste to Energy facilities from sanitary landfill

Sanitary landfill 4 & 5 Extension of sanitary landfill with operation 8,000,000US$ Nill

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