The mayor of Qom Dr. Seyed Morteza Saghaiannejad says Qom is the only city in the country that is equipped with the infectious waste disposal device.

As the device operationalizes, infectious waste will no longer be buried in Qom, said Dr. Seyed Morteza Saghaiannejad on the sidelines of the inauguration of urban environmental projects in Qom, which was held in the framework of the “Qom on the path of development” plan on Wednesday.

Emphasizing the importance of waste management in the field of environment, Saghaiannejad referred to the four environmental projects that were launched today.

He touched upon the operation of the hospital waste disposal device, stressing that the device and its special disposal system with a daily capacity of 10 tons, has been put into operation only in the city of Qom.

The device eliminates all the waste generated by hospitals and medical centers, the municipal official said, adding previously, hospital waste was buried and caused many environmental problems but using the infectious waste disposal device, all the waste could be disinfected and disposed from now on.

On the third Wednesday of urban projects inauguration in the framework of “Qom on the path of development” plan, four environmental projects – medical waste disposal center, the second line of municipal waste processing, ‘Zipak’ recycling assistants software system, and compost fertilizer fermentation site – were launched in the city of Qom.


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