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News articles from across the web on Solid Waste
Management affairs in Iraq.
20 Feb. 2009: BAGHDAD - Multi National
Force - Iraq
Recycling
Provides Jobs, Hope for Iraqis
"Many Iraqis have found employment opportunities, in part,
due to this effort to clean up the environment, said Doug Harger,
director of central Iraq’s business development for the
First Iraqi Contracting Company. "Our
recycling center here has around 40 Iraqi employees,”
he said. The workers have been collecting bottles and cans,
and their work now has expanded to include the collection of
cardboard and ink cartridges.".....CLICK
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08 Dec. 2008: IRAQ WIDE and BAGHDAD - Sweco AB Press Release
Sweco
to strengthen environmental and waste management expertise in
Iraq
"The programme in its entirety is made up of three main components.
Sweco will first draw up an environmental plan to address acute
pollution problems in the country, then review and propose changes
in Iraq's environmental legislation and lastly prepare a waste
management plan for the capital city of Baghdad, with a special
emphasis on hospital waste..."...CLICK
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03 Dec. 2008: IRAQ WIDE - UN-HABITAT
First
high-level UN-HABITAT visit to Iraq in five years
"“Given the length of unrest in this country a lot
of things have been lost including infrastructure such as schools,
hospitals, roads, and waste management systems,” he said.
“But having visited Baghdad and talking to donors, UN partners
and Iraqi officials, I can conclude that the future should be
better.”"...CLICK
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01 Dec. 2008: BAGHDAD - National Guard Bureau - By Army Staff
Sgt. Matt Meadows
Soldiers
improve life for citizens in Baghdad District
"A task force of National Guard soldiers
has spent nearly $450,000 during the past three months to improve
living conditions for residents of eastern Baghdad’s Rusafa
district..."...CLICK
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24 Nov. 2008: MOSUL - The Long War Journal
- by Wesley Morgan
On
walk across Mosul, general sees gains and room for more
"At the Iraqi outpost that Hertling
visited next, another Iraqi officer made the same point. Describing
a recent patrol in southeastern Mosul, the officer, Brigadier
General Baha described good security conditions but poor trash
collection and sewage management. “We were walking in dirty
water up to here,” he said. “So here is the security,
but where is the government?”...."...CLICK
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This statement highlights the need for waste management improvements
across the country to restore/gain trust by the local citizens
in their Government.
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Nov. 2008: BAGHDAD - Multi-National Corps - Iraq News
MND-B
engineers clear the way for contractors to take over trash pickup
"Army engineers are making things a
lot easier for Iraqi contractors to clean up trash on the streets
of Baghdad. The project, in conjunction with 1st Combined Arms
Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment’s Task Force Iron Gimlet,
calls for engineers to remove large rubble and debris so that
Iraqi contractors are able to clean up trash..."...CLICK
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13
Nov. 2008: BAGHDAD - Noozz.com via Iraqupdates.com
Turkish-made
Waste Management Equipment Arrives in Baghdad
"Baghdad Municipality has announced it has received the first
batch of waste management equipment and recycling stations from
Iczim, a Turkish company waste management and processing specialist,
which will be built in the Karkh and Rusafa districts of the capital..."...CLICK
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12
Nov. 2008: NORTHERN IRAQ - KRG Office of Coordination for UN Affairs
United
Naitons Office for Project Services 2006-2007 Project Brief
"Establishment of Solid Waste Management System – Kirkuk
[Ongoing] The project spans three phases, and two donor sources..."...CLICK
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07
Nov. 2008: IRAQ WIDE - Stars and Stripes
Open-air
trash burning in Iraq a hot issue
"Study says burning on bases in Iraq
not hazardous, but some officials, still fearing health risks, want
available incinerators put to use..."...CLICK
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05 Nov. 2008: KIRKUK - Strathspey
& Badenoch Herald - Local News Article
Brian
plays a part in Iraqi city's revival
"Coming from a small town in Scotland Brian McCarthy is more
used to the rain and heavy snow - but now dealing with dust storms
in Iraq whilst developing the waste management system in Kirkuk
is the latest battle..."...CLICK
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Oct. 2008: BALAD/ IRAQ WIDE - Army Times
Burn
pit at Balad raises health concerns
"Troops say chemicals and medical waste
burned at base are making them sick, but officials deny risk.
An open-air “burn pit” at the largest U.S. base in Iraq
may have exposed tens of thousands of troops, contractors and
Iraqis to cancer-causing dioxins, poisons such as arsenic and
carbon monoxide, and hazardous medical waste, documentation gathered
by Military Times shows."..CLICK
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20
Oct. 2008: IRAQ WIDE - e! Science News
Sandia
aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste
"Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and
technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely
dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear
Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program. The Sandia work is
a technical transfer of skills and knowledge that the Labs use
day to day, says Sandia principal investigator John Cochran. As
an example of this, Sandia has transferred its Rad Worker II training
materials to the government of Iraq."...CLICK
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Oct.
2008: IRAQ WIDE - Biomass Magazine
Trash
Tactics in Iraq
"As would be expected, the 140,000
U.S. troops stationed overseas generate a lot of trash. To help
bases dispose of that trash, scientists from Purdue University
teamed up with the U.S. Army to develop a generator that runs
on packaging and food waste and produces fuel and power."
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30 Sept. 2008: BASRA (SOUTH) - United Nations
Development Group Iraq Trust Fund Project #: E3-14
Solid
Waste Management Project for Iraqi Ministry of Municipalities and
Public Works and the Governorate of Basra
"The goal of the project is to contribute to improved public
health and environmental conditions in Iraqi cities by assisting
the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and the Governorate
of Basra with the development and implementation of new waste management
laws, policies and programmes..."...CLICK
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6 Aug 2008: IRAQ WIDE - Force Health Protection and Services
Iraq
Report: In-Theater Waste Management & Health Concerns
... "Events leading up to Postlewaite's trip were set into
motion almost a year earlier in July 2007 when senior DoD officials
were briefed by the Multinational Force Corps of Iraq Environmental
Engineers. At issue was smoke generated from solid waste burn pits,
which exist at nearly every camp, and the handling, transport, storage,
and destruction of regulated medical waste and hazardous materials..."...CLICK
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13 July 2008: BALAD - Multi-National Force
- Iraq official website
Recycling
Turns Trash to Treasure
"During a ribbon-cutting ceremony,
July 10, Coalition forces, contractors and Iraqi business leaders
commemorated the opening of a recycling center designed to turn
the military’s trash into Iraq’s economic treasure.
Contracted through an Iraqi-owned company, the center is designed
to spur green practices among Joint Base Balad’s waste management
operations by creating a hub for recyclables to be collected and
shipped to recycling plants throughout Iraq." CLICK
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CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE IN ARABIC
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Air Force
Link News Article "Recycling contract turns trash into treasure"
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June 2008: BAGHDAD - CNET News - Green Tech
Trash-fed
generator deployed in Iraq
"Saving on fuel isn't a question of conservation for the
military. It's about saving lives. The
U.S. Army is testing two prototype generators in Iraq that run
on garbage, rather than diesel fuel. The Tactical Garbage to Energy
Refinery (TGER, pronounced "tiger"), was co-developed
with Purdue University and deployed in May at Victory Base camp
in Baghdad, where it will be tested until August."
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Further information also available from Cleantech Group LLC >HERE
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May 2008: KIRKUK - US Baghdad Embassy News
Air
Force Partners with PRT to Improve Iraqi Living Conditions
"Military does waste management training with PRT bought
trucks, by Senior Airman Eric Schloeffel,
Special Correspondent - Members of the U.S. Air Force serving
in northern Iraq recently teamed with the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction
Team (PRT) on a project designed to help Iraqis improve waste
management practices in the region..."...CLICK
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09
Jan 2008: IRAQ WIDE - Tana Corps (Finland) News
Tana
delivers 13 Compactors to Iraq
"Tana will deliver thirteen units of the Tana G260 landfill
compactors to Iraq. The customer is Iraqi Ministry of Municipalities
and Public Works and the units will be delivered to different
parts of the country.
The deal was negotiated through a partner
having established contacts with the local customers. The first
contact regarding the case was made in March 2006 and in December
2006 Tana was already announced as winner of the tender. Due to
the work load in the Ministry and the financial arrangements,
a confirmed offer was received at the end of December 2007..."...CLICK
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Oct. 2007: RAMADI - Los Angeles Times
Trash
is Marines’ new enemy
"It would be an understatement to say
that Falk has a passion for picking up trash. Like the other Marines
in his infantry unit, the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment,
Falk sees trash pickup as the key to maintaining security in Ramadi,
where a decision last year by Sunni Arab tribal leaders to turn
against insurgents has brought calm to the once-violent capital
of Anbar province..."...CLICK
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July 2007: BAGHDAD - MSNBC US News
Charity
begins at war - Part 4: In the end, it all comes back to garbage
"Collecting garbage is one of the most
dangerous jobs in Baghdad.Nearly 500 garbage collectors have been
killed since the Iraq war began. Many are young. Some are just
teenagers..." Fortunatley this situation has improved steadily
since this report was written and waste management operations
are now safer and more effective, though a lot of development
is still required. CLICK
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Oct. 2006: BAGHDAD - The New York Times
Even
Picking Up Trash Is a High Risk in Baghdad
"In a city where a bomb could be lurking
beneath any heap of refuse, and where insurgents are willing to
kill to prevent them from being discovered, an occupation that
pays only a few dollars a day has become one of the deadliest.
Most of the 500 municipal workers who have been killed here since
2005 have been trash collectors, said Naeem al-Kaabi, the city’s
deputy mayor." CLICK
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21 Dec. 2005: Samawah, Al-Muthanna - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Japan
Hand-Over
Ceremony of Solid Waste Management Equipment to the Department of
Samawah Municipality (Governorate of Al-Muthanna), Iraq
"The waste disposal equipment (15
garbage trucks, 300 garbage containers, 2 dump trucks and 10 dumpers)
purchased by the Department of Samawah Municipality with the fund
provided by Japan's emergency grand aid (about 657 million yen)
was delivered to Samawah..."...CLICK
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