Municipality News

Qom, first country’s metropolis does not landfill urban waste

The deputy of Environment and Urban Services of Qom Municipality says Qom is the first metropolis of the country that processes all its normal waste and reduces its direct burial tonnage to zero by constructing and operating 2 processing lines with a capacity of 700 tons.

Mehdi Isfahanian Moghadam made the remarks referring to the opening ceremony of significant environmental projects of Qom Municipality in the form of “Qom on the path of development” plan.

Protection of nature and environment and respect for the elements of life and a feeling of responsibility towards future generations have always been mentioned in our religious and moral teachings as a divine task, he noted.

And today, these inevitable principles should be prioritized in scientific, research, economic, political and social activities in our country and turned into a serious discourse, he added.

Accordingly, in the urban management of Qom, according to these cases and the emphasis of Dr. Saghaiannejad, the mayor of Qom, an effective role has been considered in the implementation of environmental principles and indicators, and almost most of the important urban projects with environmental attachment (HSE) have been implemented, he concluded.