As of now, 45% of the project has been completed, and it'll be operational by 2024.

In a world plagued by plastic pollution from oceans to landfills that are overflowing with trash, sustainability relies largely on effective waste management and recycling materials, while encouraging responsible consumption among generations to come. Although latest hardware and sophisticated gadgets flooding the markets is a good thing for consumers, the amount of e-waste piling up across the UAE and gulf, also calls for ways to dispose of electronics more efficiently.

Reusing or reprocessing discarded items has been recommended as a solution, and innovators are using plastic waste to create apparel, packaging material and eco-friendly components for construction in the Middle East. Amidst these developments, Dubai has already laid the foundation for lighting up smart households using green power generated from energy released at a futuristic waste treatment plant.

As of now, almost 45% of the project for converting garbage from landfills into electricity for the city, has been completed, and the unit is expected to be operational by 2024. Apart from meeting clean energy targets, the initiative is also aimed at reducing landfills in the Emirates by more than 75%, till 2050.

The waste-to-energy plant set to be the largest of its kind in the world, will use state-of-the-art Japanese and Swiss methods of waste treatment, to repurpose Dubai's trash. The steam that is generated when garbage is being processed at the unit, is expected to make the turbine function, in order to generate power enough for 135,000 homes every year.

Capable of processing more than a million tonnes of trash annually, the facility will reuse waste water which has been processed at the city's Warsan treatment plant. Other than that, systems have been set up to reduce the odour released during the entire procedure.

To do away with air pollution, more than 12,000 cylindrical bags will be used in a fabric filter mechanism, which will clean up emissions before they are released from a chimney.