By John Lee. The Mayor's office of Sulaimani has said it will initiate a recycling program, separating trash from recyclable material. According to Kurdistan24, the move will see three garbage bins placed inside the building of the Mayor’s office: one for food waste, one for plastics, and the other for glass items. More here. (Source: […]
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Iraq to boost Reconstruction efforts by Recycling Debris
Aiming for more sustainable options for dealing with the huge amounts of rubble borne out of the ISIL conflict, municipalities of around half a dozen devastated cities in western Iraq explored opportunities to establish debris recycling centres to help advance recovery efforts at a two-day workshop held in Ramadi’s Anbar University on 7-8 November 2018. […]
Recycling: Kurdistan Exports Plastic and Cardboard Waste
By John Lee. According to a report from Rudaw, the Kurdistan Region sells thousands of tons of plastic and cardboard waste to Turkish companies who recycle it and sell the products back to Kurdistan. Over the past two years, the KRG had issued 42 licenses to export 431,000 tons of waste plastic and cardboard. Read […]
Old Phones, Computers Threaten Public Health
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. E-Waste Comes to Karbala: Old Phones and Computers Threaten Public Health In the relatively prosperous city of Karbala, locals are used to buying cheap mobile phones, then simply throwing them out […]
Iranian Firm Wins $48m Recycling Project in Karbala
The director of Karbala Investment Commission, Taef Abdul Hussein, has announced that an Iranian company will shortly build a waste recycling plant 10 km south of Karbala city. According to the report from Aswat al-iraq, the $48 million plant will process glass, wood and fertilizers, and will produce electricity. As a result of religious tourism, the city […]
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$151m Waste-Recycling Plant in Muthanna
Works are underway to build a waste-recycling plant in al-Muthanna at a cost of $151 million [177 billion Iraqi dinars], according to the province’s investment commission chairman on Sunday. “The project stands over an area of 30 donums [7.5 hectares] and should be finalized in 13 months,” Adel Dakhil al-Yasseri told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. […]
Greeks Seek Opportunities in Missan
Missan’s governor discussed on Tuesday with a delegation from a Greek company the possibilities of investing in the province, mainly in the housing sector, according to a media official. “Governor Mohammad al-Shayaa al-Sudani held a meeting on Tuesday (April 6) with a local delegation representing a Greek company to discuss the possibility of setting up […]