THE Ministry of Municipality has announced that 558, 340 kilowatt-hours (kwh) of clean energy was produced by recycling the waste from the stadiums of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which was held from November 20 to December 18.
Engineer Hamad Jassim Al Bahr, Director of the Waste Recycling and Treatment Department at the Ministry of Municipality, said the tournament contributed to supplying national factories specialised in recycling operations with about 1,129.25 tonnes of basic raw materials required for factories, which included paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass materials.
He pointed out that the recycling rate amounting to 72 percent and 28 percent was converted into clean energy. These figures were reached in cooperation with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy and the private sector, which was not achieved by any of the countries hosting the previous World Cup tournaments. Qatar has thus fulfilled its obligations in making the FIFA World Cup a sustainable and environmentally friendly tournament.
Al Bahr pointed out that the Waste Recycling and Treatment Department succeeded in producing about 797.01 tonnes of fertilizers through the recycling of waste generated from stadiums and fan areas, 202.48 tonnes of plastic materials, 65.43 tonnes of paper and cardboard, as well as 60,000 tonnes of waste, 57 tonnes of mineral materials, and about 4.47 tonnes of glass materials. (TNN) page 2
