Overview
- Sindh’s local government minister met a Chinese delegation in Karachi to discuss waste management upgrades and the shift to engineered disposal.
- He ordered modern tools at landfill sites, including laser reader devices to sort waste correctly, log data, and improve transparency.
- Project leaders reported one completed cell at the Jam Chakro site with construction of additional cells underway, and the minister told SSWEEP to finish quickly.
- Briefing notes estimate the landfill could earn about $20 million in carbon credits after it becomes fully operational and passes verification.
- Officials proposed new engineered landfill sites in districts such as Kashmore-Kandhkot, Larkana, Kot Diji, Nawabshah, Sehwan, Tando Hyder, Umerkot, and Dhabeji to replace open dumping and cut health risks.