Iran to Inaugurate First Plant Able to Convert Waste to Energy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s first waste incineration plant will be inaugurated in the capital, Tehran, by the next few days, Tehran’s deputy mayor for urban services announced on Wednesday.
“As scheduled, the plant, which has been constructed for the first time in the country, will be inaugurated next week (in a ceremony) with Tehran’s mayor in attendance,” Mojtaba Abdollahi told reporters in a press conference in Tehran.
Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials. The heat produced by incineration can be used to generate electric power.
“The plant that we have constructed can produce three megawatts of electricity by burning 200 tons of waste per day,” the deputy mayor said, adding that the incineration plant has the capacity to burn more than 200 tons of waste.
Abdollahi also said that if Tehran Municipality constructs two incineration plants with a capacity to burn 2000 tons of waste per day, the organization will be able to convert all waste produced in Tehran into electricity.
He further said that the municipality also plans to set up a hospital waste incineration plant, which would use the waste gathered from hospitals directly.