LAHORE, Aug 12 (APP): The Punjab government has launched a unique initiative to address the issue of thousands of tons of animal waste produced daily by public and private abattoirs in the provincial capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of dumping this waste into landfills along with municipal garbage, the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) plans to process it into low-cost biogas fuel, under the \u201cWaste to Value\u201d project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LWMC spokesperson Omar Chaudhry told Wealth Pakistan (WealthPK), \u201cWe have successfully experimented with the extraction of biogas from animal waste. It\u2019s currently a pilot project with a generation capacity of 25,000 kilogrammes of biogas per day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is expected to help Pakistan earn 275,000 tonnes of carbon credits and $4.2 million in annual income from the rehabilitation of the waste disposal site, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained that the facility would initially process 1,000 tons of offal (animal stomach), intestines and dung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This waste-to-value green carbon credit facility is being set up at a cost of just Rs 3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omar told Wealth Pakistan that the plant, comprising anaerobic digesters, would also produce digestate, a byproduct used as manure for kitchen gardening and horticulture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInitially, the project is being implemented only in Lahore. However, similar initiatives may be launched in other districts under the \u2018Saaf Suthra Punjab\u2019 campaign,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Multan, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Sialkot are among the cities expected to benefit from this project. In addition to slaughterhouses operated by the district government, Lahore has 11 privately-owned abattoirs registered with the Pakistan Halal Council, besides a huge meat complex run by Punjab Agriculture and Meat Company (PAMCO) in Shahpur Kanjran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnimal waste from these facilities would also be utilised for the generation of low-cost biogas fuel,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omar said that the initiative could gain significant momentum during Eid-ul-Adha, when approximately one million animals are slaughtered in Lahore alone in three days, generating an estimated 80,000 tons of animal waste. Dumping of that much animal waste has always been a herculean task, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The LWMC spokesperson said that the project is one of the 35 initiatives launched by the Punjab government under the Green Credit scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to environmentalists, this is the first time such a technique is being implemented in Pakistan, although many countries around the world, including Germany, France, the UK, China, and Brazil are already generating biogas or biomethane from animal waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WWF Pakistan Director General Hammad Naqi Khan said, \u201cBiogas projects utilising biodegradable animal waste are gaining traction globally as a sustainable energy solution. However, generating biogas from offal is a particularly unique approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explaining the process, he said that the plant converts animal waste into biogas through anaerobic digestion a biological process that produces methane-rich gas, which can be used for heating, electricity generation, and even transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis approach offers numerous benefits, including renewable energy production, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and improved waste management,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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