The ‘mound’ has been created near the newly established Scientific Landfill Site at Lakhodair area of the city. For years, Lahore’s solid waste had been dumped in a non-scientific manner at the Mehmood Booti’s dumping site. Out of this, the total collected waste of 1,000 tons of waste is delivered to DG Khan Cement Company and around 500 tons to the LWMC’s compost plant. Sources revealed that out of remaining waste, only 800 tons of waste is dumped in a scientific manner at its two cells while all the remaining waste (over 4,500 tons) is dumped in an illegal manner. According to the waste management rules, the waste must be segregated before dumping but all the waste was being dumped without segregation.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2018 16:53 UTC