LAHORE: A leading Chinese firm has expressed interest to invest in the Waste-to-Energy project of the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) by installing a plant at Lakhodair.

“The China Aviation Planning and Construction Development is willing to invest in the project which includes acquisition of land and installation and operations of plant at Lakhodair,” said Executive President Fang Jiyong during a meeting with LWMC Managing Director Khalid Majeed on Tuesday.

Mr Jiyong said his firm would be provided 2,000 to 2,500 tons of waste daily by the LWMC for production of energy through incineration technology. The amount of production of energy would depend on the characteristics of waste.

Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2014