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Algeria: Algeria: waste storage worth 230 million euros a year

2013/04/28

Algeria has an abandoned treasure but lacks the ability to grasp it as data shows that a better organized waste storage would be worth 230 million euros a year. Out of the incredible amount of waste produced annually, only 5% is recycled and the national is seeking private investors in a sector which has few risks.

Mohamed Chaieb Aissaoui, an expert with the environment national secretary, cited very interesting data at a recent forum.

Assaoui said that domestic waste is some 13,5 million tons a year, approximately one kilo a year per inhabitant, of which 50% could be recycled. Some 6.1 million tons could be treated and re-enter the productive cycle, benefiting the economy and the environment.

The 6.1 million tons of waste which could be recycled includes 1.8 of paper, 1.2 of plastics, 1.6 of fabrics and 300,000 tons of metal worth in general an estimated 230 million euros. 'A real deposit', commented Assaoui who as well said that small companies operating in the sector - some 247 - can only recuperate a very small percentage of the materials, half exported, as well due to their size.

The Algerian national is however trying to develop this sector as well with a plan - the National programme of management of city waste - dividing up waste between 'classic' (plastic, paper, metal, textile, glass, wood and organic material) and 'complex' (tyres, oil, batteries and other electrical and electronic objects). Algeria has as well approved a plan to create 48 new landfills and enlarging some of the major, existing dumps.

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