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Photos: UAE is building one of the world's largest waste-to-energy plants

Dubai is constructing a $1.1 billion facility that will burn garbage to generate power

Published: August 01, 2021 15:35 Bloomberg and Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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WASTE 1-1627814558095 — The UAE is building one of the world's largest waste-to-energy plants to deal with its trash load. Above, workers sort solid waste material in the material recovery facility at the Bee'ah waste management complex in Sharjah. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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TEASER WASTE1-1627814562951 — A smaller plant - the UAE's first on a commercial scale - will start operating this year in Sharjah. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 3-1627814568319 — The $1.1 billion Sharjah waste-to-energy plant is under construction at the Bee'ah waste management complex in Sharjah. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 4-1627814571466 — Solid waste during processing on conveyor belts in the material recovery facility at the Bee'ah waste management complex in Sharjah. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 5-1627814574591 — Once two other projects in Abu Dhabi are completed, the country may incinerate almost two-thirds of the household waste it currently produces. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 6-1627814578183 — Aluminium drinks cans are sorted for recycling in the material recovery facility. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 7-1627814581585 — Waste-to-energy produces emissions, which is why it's usually considered suitable for disposing only of the final remnants of trash after all recyclable materials have been extracted. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 8-1627814584692 — Workers during construction of the $1.1 billion Sharjah waste-to-energy plant at the Bee'ah waste management complex in Sharjah. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 10-1627814587855 — For Sharjah, opening the plant will mean it can plug its dumpsite. Bee'ah, the company managing Sharjah's waste, says it will create green spaces and install a 120-megawatt solar-power facility on top and produce hydrogen from the garbage to fuel its rubbish trucks. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 12-1627814591053 — A worker bulldozes solid waste in the storage area of the material recovery facility. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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WASTE 13-1627814594335 — Bee'ah Chief Executive Officer Khaled Al Huraimel said he wants to build more waste-to-energy facilities in the region, including Saudi Arabia. "They're starting from scratch, but we started from scratch too," he said. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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