A comprehensive study is being sought on a proposal to have a centralised sorting centre for recyclable waste set up within the soon-to-be-full Hafeera landfill site.The Southern Municipal Council wants the Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture Ministry to look into ways of reducing the amount of dumped waste, totalling around 1.7 million tonnes annually, as its 2025 lifespan nears.Council chairman Abdulla Abdullatif, who is behind the proposal, is suggesting that the sorting centre be prefabricated or portable to ensure faster implementation.Complementing the idea, Mr Abdullatif also suggests the landfill site facility be open 18 hours a day instead of the current 16, which would be from 2am until 6pm.The GDN reported last year that the government had tasked the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE) to conduct three studies on the best way forward: Waste source segregation (at home), Sorting centres (in different locations), or a hybrid solution – involving a combination of both home and external sorting.The conclusions of the studies have yet to be revealed.Cleaning services in the Capital and Muharraq Governorates are handled by Gulf City Cleaning Company and in the Southern and Northern Governorates by Urbaser Bahrain, which also runs the landfill site. (ICE Doha)

Fonte notizia: Gulf Daily News