Saudi Arabia: New Integrated Waste Management Plan with Eastern Province Municipality

The goal is to recycle 81 percent of municipal solid waste and 60 percent of construction and demolition waste by 2035.

In January, the Saudi Arabian National Waste Management Center, Eastern Province Municipality and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) – signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) to start integrated waste management and waste recycling activities in the Eastern Province of the country.

According to the information, all three parties intend to work on the execution of the overall waste management strategy for the Eastern Province to achieve a set of strategic objectives for recycling by 2035. This notably includes the recycling of 81 percent of the two million tons of annually produced municipal solid waste and 60 percent of the approximately 1.5 million tons of construction and demolition waste per year. “As part of an integrated waste management system, the National Waste Management Center and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company will build state-of-the-art recycling facilities in the Eastern Province to recycle all types of waste. This includes recycling of municipal waste into recyclables such as fertilizer, paper, plastics and metals,” a press release said.

(GR12020, Page 33, Photo: SIRC)