Peshawar: The Secretary Local Government Syed Zaheer-Ul-Islam has said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is trying to provide the best sanitation services to the citizens at their doorsteps. Integrated Resource Recovery Center of WSSCM is contributing a lot in making environment clean and green.

Chief Executive Officer Engineer Amir Khan briefed the Secretary Local Government on WSSCM operations and conversion of organic waste into organic fertilizers.

He said that this integrated Resource Recovery Center is the only established center in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This is a multi-Purpose facility which will contribute towards clean and green environment, promote organic farming in the province and will also put a positive impact in employment generation in this particular field as the slogan of the project is “Trash is Cash”.

He further added that Integrated Resource Recovery Center in Mardan has been set up for the purpose that waste in Mardan is no longer a problem but it is converted into organic fertilizer through scientific methods which is useful for agricultural crops, increased productivity and yields.

He highlighted that the company has formulated an integrated strategy to make Mardan city clean and One hundred Eighty tons of waste is safely disposed off.

Under the IRRC system five tons of organic waste is converted into organic fertilizers on daily basis.

The establishment of IRRC Mardan will definitely reduce the volume of garbage and will decrease the environmental pollution as well as less burden on landfill sites.

While appreciating the performance of WSSCM Secretary Local Government Syed Zaheer-Ul-Islam stated that IRRC is an excellent system to decrease environmental pollution.

He said that various organizations of local government would also take full advantage in research and technical fields of WSSCM's IRRC facility.

He also appreciated the efforts of Chief Executive Officer Engineer Amir Khan and his team.

Deputy Commissioner Mardan Habibullah Arif, Chief Executive Officer WSSP Dr. Hassan Nasir, General Manager Zameer-ul-Hassan, General Manager WSSCM Engineer Muhammad Khalil Akbar, Manager HR and Administration Imran Afridi, Manager Planning and Projects Imran Zaman, Manager Planning WSSP Muhammad Saeed were also present on this occasion.