Over 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electrical energy has been produced from waste in central Türkiye’s Domestic Solid Waste Regular Storage Facility – which was established by the Bitlis Solid Waste Association (BI-KA) with the assistance of European Union funds.
The Domestic Solid Waste Landfill Facility in Bitlis was designed to create added worth for the nation, defend the surroundings and convert stable waste into power. The facility contributes to power manufacturing by storing the rubbish of the central Anatolia area, its districts and surrounding cities.
Domestic stable and packaging waste resembling aluminum cans, plastic, paper and cardboard dropped at the power are separated in accordance with their measurement and kind and are then ready for recycling by being fashioned into bales. Medical waste introduced from hospitals is sterilized in steam machines and purified from germs, serving to to guard the surroundings.
Making an environmentally pleasant funding of roughly 12 million euros ($12.75 million), the power contributes to each employment and power manufacturing for shielding nature and recycling.
Explaining the undertaking, Bitlis Solid Waste Union Operations Manager Musa Tütün mentioned: “Our goal is to increase energy production from garbage while protecting the environment. Our facility was established within the framework of the EU pre-accession financial aid program. Currently, there are domestic solid waste, medical waste sterilization, landfill gas power generation plants, water treatment, recycling packaging waste and collection separation services in our landfill facility.”
“Our undertaking price range is roughly 12 million euros of which 9 million euros have been granted by the EU and the remaining 3 million euros have been acquired by a long-term mortgage by the member municipalities from Iller Bank. The facility was established by the municipalities of Bitlis, Tatvan, Güroymak, Gölbaşı and Günkırı, which have been its first founding members. Later, different districts within the province of Bitlis benefited from this service by turning into a member of our union,” he defined additional.
Noting that 1.2 megawatts of electrical energy are produced per hour from the saved waste, Tütün mentioned: “We commissioned this facility, which we designed in 2006, in 2011. Since 2011, roughly 450,000 tons of rubbish have been saved in our facility, which we’ve got utilized in its operation. We additionally produce 1.2 megawatts of electrical energy per hour from the rubbish we retailer. We present providers to municipalities in Bitlis provinces and districts.”
In addition, we’re at present serving the Muş Municipality, which has not established a landfill facility but. We will retailer the waste in our facility till we set up a storage facility. We deal with the leachate from the waste we retailer in order that it doesn’t hurt the surroundings and nature, and we discharge it to nature on this manner.”
He added: “There is a water therapy plant in our facility known as a membrane bioreactor. Here, there’s a facility as properly that has a day by day capability of 60 cubic meters. In this facility, we purify the extremely polluted wastewater and make it drinkable for additional use. In this facility, we retailer 65,000 tons of home waste yearly. In addition, a Landfill Gas Power Generation Plant is storing methane fuel, which is fashioned from the waste we retailer, that’s transferred to this facility and transformed into electrical energy. At this facility, we produce 1.2 megawatts of electrical energy per hour.”
“In the medical waste sterilization facility, which is another facility of ours, the medical waste produced by hospitals and health institutions is transported and disposed of. The disposal method is carried out in devices called steam sterilization. Microorganisms in the waste are purified, rendered harmless and converted into domestic waste through high temperature and super-heated steam,” he defined.
“Paper, cardboard, plastic and metal waste are collected and sent to recycling facilities in different areas. Discarded packaging is also collected from businesses, public institutions and markets and is sent for recycling later after being pressed into bales here. Annually, 250 tons of waste is collected and contributed to the economy,” Tütün famous.
He mentioned the amenities goal to enhance the lives of residents in lots of areas. “We are planning to build a compost facility next to the mechanical sorting facility and a facility where garbage is accumulated and separated and then later bales are pressed. The remaining organic part after the household waste is separated is subject to organic waste decomposition in the compost plant. We are establishing a facility where we will turn this waste into fertilizer together with compost. We will use the fertilizers we produce in this facility in agriculture,” Tütün concluded.
