Geocycle and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sustainable municipal waste management in the Sylhet municipality area, a press release said Wednesday.
Under this MoU, Geocycle will dispose of the solid waste of the city corporation on trial basis. Both the parties will enter into a long term agreement upon successful completion of the trial.
Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor, SCC and Asif Bhuiyan, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & HR Director of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd. (LHBL) signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
Kaushik Mukherjee, Head of Geocycle, Bidhayak Roy Chowdhury Chief Executive Officer (Additional Secretary) and Nur Azizur Rahman, Chief Engineer of SCC were present along with other high officials from both the organizations at the ceremony held in a Sylhet hotel.
Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury said “We are delighted to sign the MoU for sustainable waste management with Geocycle. Our aim is to ensure a cleaner city for the residents and we believe this initiative shall play a vital role in achieving our aim.”
Kaushik Mukherjee, Head of Geocycle, made a brief presentation on the waste management procedures and how Geocycle is using LHBL’s Kiln to dispose of various type of hazardous and non-hazardous waste in an environment-friendly manner.
He said, “We are delighted to sign the MoU with Sylhet City Corporation and looking forward to supporting them in addressing the much discussed waste management issue.”
Asif Bhuiyan, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & HR Director of LHBL, said “Geocycle, the waste management wing of LHBL, is the only sustainable waste management facility in Bangladesh that is approved by Department of Environment. Its main purpose is to rethink waste challenges and provide innovative ways to manage it.”
Geocycle is a leading provider of industrial, agricultural and municipal waste management services worldwide. It contributes towards a regenerative, circular economy that closes resource cycles. Geocycle globally manages more than 10 million tons of waste annually, thus making a tangible contribution to bringing society a step closer to a zero-waste future.
