IRRCs
IRRC B-17, MPCHS, Islamabad In the Multi Professional Cooperative Housing Society (MPCHS), a one of its kind housing societies of the federal capital, AHKMT set up an IRRC on 5 kanal land in 2018 which was launched in 2020 catering to the needs of around 4000 households and handling the capacity of 3 tons garbage. The 5-kanal IRRC has 12 composting boxes, four maturing boxes and a proper rainwater harvesting system. A proper office for staff, storeroom, workers washrooms and parking lots for vehicles are present on the premises of the IRRC. The project has incurred a cost of Rs11 million and the construction work has been finished within a span of one and half years. AHKMT with the collaboration of e-guard has been given the task of running the project for three years and after making it sustainable, the IRRC will be handed over to the management of MPCHS.…
Integrated Resource Recovery Centers
IRRC Brochure IRRC Brief Dual purpose set ups to process solid waste and provide jobs to local communities Integrated Resource Recovery Center (IRRC) is a South Asian Model promoting public, private and community partnership. IRRC is a physical facility where organic waste is scientifically processed and converted into compost (Organic Fertilizer) which makes 10% by weight of the total organic waste used in a cost effective way. It also recovers valuable material from waste and provides livelihood opportunities to poor communities through a decentralized approach.AHKMT’s Integrated Resource Recovery Centers established across the country in Sakrand, Islamabad and Mardanmanage the waste generated in these cities in a decentralized manner with a focus on source separation of waste through community participation.IRRC Mardan, Khyber PakhtunkhwaIn 2019, Water and Sanitation Services Company Mardan (WSSCM) and Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan MemorialTrust (AHKMT) did a feasibility study for establishment of one of the first IRRC in…