Minister of Finance Abdulwahab Al-Rasheed has given the not to sign contract with the Kuwait Cement Company to establish a plant to convert Municipal solid waste into dry fuel to be used in the furnaces of cement production plants.
Al-Rasheed said in a letter sent to the Minister of Municipality Dr. Rana Al-Faris spelled out the Municipality’s desire to cooperate with the Kuwait Cement Company to establish a factory to convert Municipal solid waste into dry fuel to be used in the furnaces of cement production factories, provided that the company bears all the financial costs related to the establishment, operation and maintenance of the factory, reports a local Arabic daily.
Moreover, the factory should be established in accordance with Article No. 17 of Law No. 105 of 1980 regarding the state property system, within the landfill site in Mina Abdullah, where waste is currently dumped and designated for the Municipality use according to the Municipal Council’s decision of June 25, 2012, while the Ministry of Finance sees no objection to contracting with the company.
Al-Rasheed stressed on the need to provide the Ministry of Finance a copy of the decision of the Municipal Council so that the ministry can complete the procedures for concluding the contract.
