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Djerba to Generate Electricity from Organic Waste Starting in October

From La Presse · () French

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  • Tunisia’s National Waste Management Agency announced that Djerba will begin producing electricity from organic waste from mid-October.
  • The $1 million Tunisian-Japanese-Italian project will process about 6,000 tonnes of hotel waste and up to 1,000 tonnes of other organic waste each year.

From mid-October, organic waste on Tunisia’s island of Djerba is set to become a source of electricity.

The National Waste Management Agency announced the effective launch of electricity production from organic waste on the island. The project is the result of cooperation between Tunisia, Japan and Italy, with a budget of $1 million.

It will transform around 6,000 tonnes of hotel waste each year, along with up to 1,000 tonnes of additional organic waste. The project links waste management with electricity production on one of Tunisia’s tourist islands.

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Originally published by La Presse in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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