Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste

through
Composting

Lahore Compost (Pvt.) Ltd.

A Public Private Partnership

with
City Distirct Government Lahore
CDGL
 PRESENTATION
1- Existing MSW Disposal
Situation In Lahore
2- Solution: Composting System
3- Layout of the Plant
4- Current O.M. & Status of our
Agricultural Soil
5- Benefits of compost
6- Economic Analysis / Carbon
credit
 Existing MSW Situation
within CDGL Limits
Total waste 4800 tones/day
generated

Total waste lifted by 3500 tones/day

Collection system of
CDGL
Total waste received 800-1000 tones/day
at Mahmood Booti
landfill site
Other four sites 2500 tones/day
Screening System
Shredder
Windrow Management
Sieving System
Final Product: Compost
Quality Control
Bagging & Stitching Unit
Supply of Compost
Current O.M. Status of our
Agricultural Soil

Category Soil Range Soil sample surveys in Punjab

found deficient in O.M. low levels
samples create poor soil structure, slow
water penetration, low microbial
Poor soils 77.5 % 0.0-0.8 % activity.
Source: Soil Fertility Survey and
Soil Testing Institute, Lahore,
Medium 18.5 % 0.8-1.2 % NCS-1996
soils Total Cultivatable area in 12
Punjab Districts: 10 million
Acres
Adequate 4% 1.2- + % Compost required : 6 bags/acre
soils Production capacity : 20, 000 TPY
 Automatic Monitoring & Evaluation
System for the Collection Vehicles after
Installation of Compost Plant
4 CDGL to install GPRS in every waste collection
vehicle/Skips
4 CSI of CDGL can monitor the whole collection
system from their offices
4 More demand of waste at plant leads to more
collection of waste from the communities. No
social pressure
4 Plant to keep a stock of 7 days
4 As LCL Compost improves its disposal capacity
CDGL improve their collection efficiency
4 Partnership grows with the passage of time
 Benefits of compost
Physical Benefits
Improve soil porosity, water permeability,
water holding capacity, soil aggregation,
humus acts as glue and moisture management

Chemical Benefits
Acidic soils can be reclaimed, increase retention time for nutrients & role of
micronutrients.

Biological Benefits
Microorganisms improve O.M. decomposition more humus, increase water
infiltration, suppression of plant pathogens, good for petroleum contaminated
soils and erosion control.
 Carbon Credit

All compost plants qualify for carbon credit

Carbon credit cell in the Federal EPA
50, 000 CER potential
Compost plant can yield US$ 11 / CER
Compost plants can earn precocious foreign exchange to
invest in the collection system
Carbon Credit available with IBRD / Belgian
Government for such projects