The city of Wuxi, located on one of the Yangtze’s major tributaries, Taihu Lake, is building a third power plant that generates electricity through burning household waste, according to the local media.

The Rmb981m project will be constructed in two phases. The first phase, scheduled to be completed by end of next year, will have a daily handling capacity of 2,000 tons, adding to the 1,800 tons capacity of the existing two plants. Wuxi’s daily household waste amounts to about 3,000 tons.