Construction on the third phase of a bioenergy recycling project in Shanghai to treat and reuse the city's wet waste more efficiently got underway on Sunday.

With an investment of 1.65 billion yuan ($237 million), the third phase of the Shanghai bioenergy recycling center will cover nearly 20 hectares in the Laogang ecological and environmental protection base in Pudong New Area. The project, scheduled for completion in May 2025, is expected to handle 2,000 metric tons of wet waste per day.

According to Shanghai Chengtou Environment Group Corporation, the project's investor, the third phase will be able to produce more than 3,600 tons of crude oil, 20,000 tons of carbon-based organic fertilizer and 80,000 tons of compressed natural gas annually.