By the end of 2006 Japanese company EBARA will submit to the Government of Azerbaijan a feasibility study of the project on the construction of a garbage processing plant.
Abid Sharifov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Premier, informed Trend that Japan has great experience in the construction of an enterprise on the processing of mass garbage and the Government appealed namely to Japanese companies with request to offer assistance in this direction. At present this is being dealt with by one plant, while 3 similar enterprises should be built in Absheron peninsular to resolve the garbage processing problem. They could be situated in Balakhani, Baku-Sumgayit highway and Lokbatan, the Deputy Prime Minister stated.
The approximate budget of the project is $150-$200 mln.