Kuwait generates 2 million tonnes of waste per year and all waste is currently dumped in 14 landfills. Most landfills have been closed for over 20 years due to operational and safety issues, and being surrounded by residential and commercial areas. Daily, 5000 tonnes of unsorted waste is dumped in landfills, occupying valuable land. The document proposes co-processing waste as alternative fuels in Kuwait's local cement industry in order to reduce environmental impacts, reuse waste as resources, and lower carbon emissions. Benefits would include upgrading waste management, reducing landfill area needs, and lowering annual waste management costs.

1. ALEXANDER KOSHI
Cement consultant 16/4/2014

2. MENANCEOFLANDFILLSIN KUWAIT&TYPESOF
WASTE
PRESENT PROPOSAL FOR DISPOSAL
COPROCESSINGOF WASTE AS AFR RESOURCES
IN LOCAL CEMENT INDUSTRY
GLOBAL &UAE ACTUAL ACSE STUSDIES OF
WASTE IN CEMENT INDUSTRY
BENEFITS TO COUNTRY

3.  WASTES IN KUWAIT
 MUNICIPAL
 INDUSTRIAL
 AGRICULTRAL WASTE
 All above wastes are dumped at 14 landfills
have been closed for more than 20 years due to
operational problems and proximity to new
residential, commercial, industrial areas
 Daily 5000tons of waste unsorted and dumped.
Occupying scarce land area with oil extraction
resources and future environmental

4.  KUWAIT GENERTAES 2MILLION TONNES
 PER CAPITA 1.5 KG
 ALL WASTE DUMPED WITH IN LAND FILLS 14 CLOSE LAND
FILLS &4 OPEN LAND FILLS
 LAND FILLS OCCUPY 180SQKM –LARGE FOR SMALL
COUNTRY WHERE 70% OF THE LAND ALLOCATION FOR
KOCWITH 30%FOR DEVELOPMENT
 OVER THE YEARS MOST OF DUMPING GROUNDS
SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL &COMMERCIAL AREAS DUE
TO URBAN DEVELOPMENTS.
 DUMPSITES BREDDING GROUND FOR FOR TOXICGASES AND
SUDDEN FIRE ENDANGERING THE LIVESOF THEPEOPLE
 ANNUAL COST OF WATSE MANGEMENT 29 MILLION KWD

5. LANDFILL AREA FROM TO TOTAL
1 QUARAIN 1 SQ. M 1975 1985 5000000
M3
2 SULAIBA 3 SQ. M 1980 2000 10000000
M3
3 JEEP-
ALSHOUK
6 SQ.M 1970 1993 20000000
M3

6.  Over the years most of the dump sites in Kuwait have been surrounded by
residential commercial areas due to urban development.
 Dump sites become breeding ground or toxic gases and spontaneous
firesendangering the lives of people.
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 CONSTRUCTION &DEMOLITION WASTES
 Construction waste are used for rehabilitation purposes making aggregates in by
EPIC (Environment Preservation Industrial Co) avoiding land for dumping
 Kuwait led other countries in building and operating plant for to recycle
construction waste in 2004 under BOT.
 USED TYRES
 Used tyre about 7 million are accumulated in RAHYA 5 kms from new Jahra city.In
April, there was massive fire with emission of toxic gases Carbon monoxide
(CO), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) oxides of nitrogen (NO)
 Use of land-fills to store used tyres will be time bomb waiting to explode. Cause
pollution on par with oilfields burning in 1990 with dengue epidemic
 Municipality has decided disposal of tyres are to be as per resolution 75/5646 by
a ministerial committee that emphasized avoiding land fill for used tyres and
disposing in environ mentally sound methods .

7. • Fire in tyre mountains &
stockpiles.
• Danger to life
• Destruction of the built
environment
• Toxic smoke
• Pyrolytic contamination of
ground water
Environmental hazards
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8. • Scrap tyres act as breeding
grounds for mosquitoes and
other vermin.
• Works with other solutions to
reduce malaria, dengue,
filariasis, West Nile Fever, etc.
• Break the tyre – break the cycle
Health issues
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9.  HAZARDOUS WASTES
 Since 1999 all public authority for industry instructed all hazardous waste to be disposed in
specially prepared waste disposal site in Al-Shuiba area.
 But this is not environmentally preferable option due to long term adverse effects and health
impact.Extensive studies around world indicate links between cancer and exposure to
hazardous waste.
 SEWAGESLUDGE
 Kuwait consumes 132 gallons per capita with a population of 3.6 million
 There are 6 waste water treatment plants in Kuwait currently treating 750,000m3 of waste
water with converting waste to reusable water but producing residue called sewage sludge
 125 tons with 30% moisture per day which will go up to 250TPD in 2015Presently, sewage
sludge are used as manure for gardenand desert soil stabilization. This will create future
problem as sewage sludge must be((Class –A)) requirement prior to discharge and if land filled
produce harmful gases
 Usage of sewage sludge as fuel in cement plant utilizing waste heat from cement kiln for
drying is a Environmental friendly service to Public and governments in Switzerland, Nether
lands,Germany, China, Turkey are investing in machinery in local cement plants paying gate
fee to cement plant to dispose sewage sludge offering environment service to cement
industry’s WIN –WIN situation for government andCitizens
 Contaminated sand drilling mud oil sludge from oil industry
 The Gulf war in 1991 due to oil spillage 300 oil lakes covering area of 50 sq. kms
 KOC is doing remediation projects for oil lakes damaged terrestrial resources category 70.

10.  PRESENT PROPOSAL - MUNICIPAL WASTE-
 At present Kuwait is in process of reorganizing waste
management as per world bank guide lines to produce
electricity under BOT,under Partnership Technical Bureau
utilizing the latest technologies to treat municipal solid
waste in Kuwait .The Project aims to protect the
environment and land resources and to generate alternate
power sources electricity to be repurchased by ministry of
electricity and water.
 The project is located at KUBD 25 kms from Kuwait city.At
area of 50000m2sorting treatment using incinerators for
production electricity and land filling ashes from
incinerator. The land filling waste will be 5 % of the feed
municipal waste fed to sorting. A 30 year contract with
winning investor with time frame 2years for installation.

17. Input
grinding,
Drying
Water
1.Sorting Fe, NF, Plastic
2. Sorting Glass, Sand,….
3. Sorting
RDF I
RDF II

21. Alternate Fuel for
Kuwait Cement Company
Sewage Sludge 1 ton = 0.4tons of
PetCoke
Tyres 1 ton = 1.2 ton of Coal
RDF from
Municipal
waste 1 ton
= 0.5 ton of
Coal

27. COUNTRY WASTE CEMENTP
LANT
QUANTITY OF
WASTE
Bahrain Second world war-
open pond stored oil
since 1940 ..1990
Gulf
cement
Rasalkhai
mah
300000 tons
Stored open
pond oil
(1940…1990)
Cleared
landfill now
Ad-Gas plant
adjacent to
Bapco
UAE Used Tyres 120mm
Dia
National
cement
Dubai
Shredded tyrechips Star
cement
Ras
alkhaima
n
Daily 120 tons
of shredded
tyres
China Sewage sludge Heidel
berg-
Guangzh
ou
20000 tons of
sewage sludge
50.000tons of
Co2
Indonesia Hazardous Ctereupp 40000tons of 100000tons

32.  UPGRADES WASTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN
HIERARCHY-FROM DISPOSAL TORECOVERY
 AVOID LAND FILLING AREA FOR BETTER
RESOURCESREDUCESPROBLEM WITH
LANDFILLINGENVIRIONMENTAL IMAPCTS
DISPOSAL HAZARDOUS WASTES IN
SUTAINABLEMANNER AS BEST
ENVIRIONMENTAL OPTION
 REHABLITATION OF CLOSED LAND FILLS
 ANNUAL COST REDUCTION
WASTEMANAGEMENT

33.  CAPEX COST FOR INCINERATOR AND
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND BUY BACK
 ELECTRICITY AT HIGHER COST FROM BIDDERS
 CARBON FOOT PRINT IMPROVEMENT AND CO2
EMISSION REDUCTION
 ADHERE TO DOHA CLIMATIC CONVENTION –
KYOTOPROTOCOLAND UN PROTOCOL ON WASTE
CO-PROCESSSING TO KUWAIT IS A SIGNATORY
 CO-PROCESSINGOF WASTE IN CEMENT KILN
ASPER WORLDBANK UN BASEL CONVENTION
UNITEDNATIONS AND UNEP

36.  GHS REDUCTION IN CO-PROCESSING WASTE
IN CEMENT KILN IS EXTREMLY HIGH .
 THERMAL SUSBTITUTION OF WASTE IN
CEMENT INDUSTRY CAN REDUCE CO2
EMISSIONS WITH OVERALL REDUCTION IN
COUNTRYS EMISSIONS WHICH IS
SUBSTANTIALLY IN NATIONAL INTERST

37. ANNUALCEMENT CLINKER
PRODUCTION
5,000,000 TONS
ANNUAL FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTED
COAL USAGE
533200 TONS
CO2 EMISSION PERTON OF
CLINKER
1TON CO2PERTON CLINKER
ANNUAL CO2 EMISSION 5,000,000TONS
CO2 EMIISION REDCUCTION 7 %TO 20 % REDUCTION

39.  ECONOMIC GROWTH AT ALL COSTS IS
ALWAYS NOT GOOD –A FOCUS ON
SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE
 PLANET IS A NOT AGIFT TO OUR CHILDREN
BUT A LOAN TAKEN FROM OUR GREAT
GRAND CHILDREN AND WE OWE TO PRESERVE
IT

40. 
Alexander koshi
Koshy cement consulting
Mumbai ,Trivandrum (India) Canberra (Australia )
www.koshy consulting .com
alexkoshi@yahoo.com -00914712557048 ,0061404004925
Global Alternate Fuel Personality Award Winner -2011