By Hauwa Ali
The Algerian government has announced a policy aimed at stimulating the recovery of waste throughout the country, as part of its National Strategy for the Environment (SNE).
Starting with the wilaya of Khenchela, which has a population of 415,000, thewar against household and similar waste (DDMA will begin in the 58 wilayas.
While Algeria recycles only 30% of its 13 million tonnes of waste produced annually, the government is determined to increase the percentage.
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According to the Algerian authorities, this policy will be implemented initially in Khenchela, a wilaya located 470 km north-east of the capital Algiers.
The Algerian government “has made a digital platform available to start-ups wishing to invest in the field of waste recycling to support the implementation of their projects. This new approach has also led to the signing of an agreement at the Ain Djarbou high school to encourage young graduates to create their own small businesses,” says SamiaMoualfi, the Algerian Minister of the Environment.
The National Agency for the Support and Development of Entrepreneurship (ANADE) will support this project through the creation of several start-ups specialising in waste recovery by 2023, with the support of the Algerian Commission for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CEREFE). In concrete terms, this will involve mobilising funding for the creation of these small recycling companies and strengthening training in the field of waste management, particularly in schools.
For the record, the economic recovery and exploitation of waste generates 151 billion dinars (967.5 million euros) each year in Algeria for household waste and 18.66 billion dinars (119.3 million euros) for used tyres, oils and batteries, according to the AND.
Moreover, these strong figures have motivated the agency, headed by Karim Ouamane, to equip the wilayas of Algiers, Boumerdès and Oran with a selective waste sorting system. The aim of the systems is to recover waste according to its nature (metals, paper, glass, organic, etc.) in order to facilitate recycling in these areas, which account for about a quarter of the Algerian population.
