MULTAN:A seminar was held at Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (MNS) Agricultural University Multan on the topic of “need for effective waste management for human health and better environment” here on Tuesday.
The seminar was organized in collaboration with the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Volunteer Force, and Multan Waste Management Company.
Addressing the seminar, the Chairman of the Environmental Science Department Professor Dr. Tanvir Ul Haq said the whole world was facing climate change due to environmental pollution. He said current snow storms in the USA and destructive rains in the recent past in Pakistan were due to climate change. He said that Pakistan was on top of the countries that were facing the negative effects of climate change adding that there was also a fear of food shortage at the international level due to climate change.
Assistant Professor, Shakeel Ahmed said that pollution produced by waste was adversely impacting the environment. He stressed the need to start waste-to-energy projects to generate cheap electricity in the country that would also help control environmental pollution.
Assistant Professor Tanveer Ahmed while addressing the seminar said that compost can be produced from waste and used for vegetables and crops as fertilizer. He said that compost was being prepared from waste at MNS Agricultural University and was being used as fertilizer for plants at the university.
Multan Waste Management Company Manager IMS Muhammad Imran Khan said Multan Waste Management Company was collecting 900 tons of garbage from the city on a daily basis while the capacity of waste collection will increase after the purchase of new machinery.
Manager Operations MWMC, Anwar Ul Haq said that the search for a new landfill site was going on rapidly and it would be purchased with the support of the Asian Development Bank. He said that a waste-to-energy plant will also be installed with the collaboration of the Punjab government and the Asian Development Bank.
Deputy Manager Kiran Khan said the collaboration of Waste Management Company and MNS Agricultural University was the best initiative by the concerned authorities that would definitely bring out a solid solution to control environmental pollution.
Assistant Manager Fareeha Hashmi said MWMC and volunteers of the Environmental Science Department will soon start a public awareness campaign jointly.