Capital fires up plans for waste incinerators

The construction of the Asuwei garbage incineration plant in Changping district is scheduled to kick off this year, despite controversy that has lingered since the project was announced last August.

The information was published in a government document regarding Beijing's plan for the treatment of household waste in 2010. The document was dated May 5, but it was not released on the municipal government's Web portal until Tuesday.

The document shows that the building of the second stage of another incineration plant in Shunyi district will also begin this year. Plans for the Nangong incineration plant in Daxing district will also be advanced.