PURPOSE OF WASTE INCINERATION PLANT

• The purpose of the project was to replace an existing incinerator that could no longer handle the load of biomedical waste.

• The old incinerator was part of the original campus design and construction, completed in 1985, at which time it was on the western edge of the campus.

• Since then, the university acquired additional land, which landlocked the incinerator within what is now a developing precinct for ambulatory care.

• The new facility is designed for two new state-of-the-art incinerators that meet international standards for air pollution mitigation.

• The hospital desperately needed this new facility, as Karachi does not have any municipal system able to handle medical waste.

• Operations at the new facility are fully automated.