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Pollution Control
New-generation solution for
Sustainable Pollution Control
As a rehabilitation project to extend Amin Bazar’s
service life, DNCC is reportedly pursuing to acquire
approximately 80 acres of additional land.
Located about eight kilometers from Gulistan in the
south of Dhaka, Matuail landfill is the other of the
two landfills serving Dhaka city. Starting off with an
open dump of 50 acres used by the Dhaka South City
Corporation (DSCC) to dispose of its municipal solid
waste since 1995, a further 50 acres were added to
landfill in 2006. About 3,200 to 3,500 tonnes of waste
is generated in Dhaka South each day. The figure for
per capita waste collection per day by DSCC was 0.56
kg in 2017.
Matuail is said to be the only fully functioning sanitary
landfill in Dhaka. However, the basic requirements of a
sanitary landfill are barely met in Matuail. The capacity
of the landfill is nearly exhausted, so a further 81 acres
of adjacent land is in the process of being acquired
under a 724 crore taka “Matuail Sanitary Landfill
Expansion and Development” project.
Commercial waste, industrial waste, food waste,
plastic, glass, paper, hazardous waste such as paint,
batteries and cleaning solvent all end up at the two
landfills of the capital city. More and more waste is
being generated every day. The absence of any real
action for sorting and recycling municipal waste has
led to unsustainable use of landfill sites which are thus
easily exhausted every few years.
December, 2019
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