Iraq prepares law to support waste-to-energy projects

The government of Iraq is planning to introduce a new law to support the use of solid waste for the production of electricity and methane gas.

The Ministry of Environment is working with the municipality of Baghdad, the Investment Authority and the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities on the new legislation, an official at the Ministry of Environment told Iraq News Agency (INA).

The law will aim to create simple rules for investors encouraging investments in the production of electricity and methane gas from solid waste, the director of the technical department in the Ministry of Environment, Issa Fayyad told the state-owned news agency.

Fayyad noted that the governorate of Baghdad alone produces between 8,000 and 10,000 tonnes of waste daily and about 40% of it is organic waste. The official stressed also that the phenomenon of burning waste is illegal because the majority of the landfill sites have no environmental approval.

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