Waste-recycling plant to be set up in Muthanna

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Works are underway to build a waste-recycling plant in al-Muthanna at a cost of $151 million, according to the province’s investment commission chairman on Sunday. “The project stands over an area of 30 donums and should be finalized in 13 months,” Adel Dakhil al-Yasseri told IraqiNews.com news agency. One Iraqi donum equals 2500 square meters. “The plant, which would offer jobs for many unemployed persons, will treat different types of waste, namely those from residential and trade areas, the state departments, hospitals and industrial organizations,” he added. Muthanna lies 280 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 165