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A private company has announced plans to invest $383 million (Shs1.4 trillion) in constructing a plant that will generate power from waste produced in Kampala and surrounding areas.

NLS Waste Power Plant says the plant will be designed to incinerate an average of 1,300 tonnes of waste per day or 475,000 tonnes per year. Kampala City on average generates 2,500 tonnes of waste, according to data from the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

Speaking at a stakeholder engagement in Wakiso Town early this week, Ms Lydia Syson Nayiga, the business development manager at NLS Waste Power Plant, said the project will revolutionalise waste management in the country.

“Ours seeks to eliminate the pileup of waste in different parts of Kampala, which, to us is a rudimentary method; we believe this waste can be useful,” she said in reference to the garbage collapse at Kiteezi, which killed 35 people and displaced hundreds of others who were earning a livelihood from the site.

“By converting waste into energy, the project will support the principles of a circular economy, where waste is treated as a resource rather than a problem,” she added.

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