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Current Policies, Best Practices and Current Trends

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ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE

MENA REGION

Presented by: Rafaela Craizer

ISWA & SWEEP-Net Joint Seminar

on Biowaste Management in the MENA Region

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• SWEEP-Net is a regional network including 9 countries of the MENA region, working since 2009 to promote an integrated and sustainable waste management o The network is supported by the German Federal Government through GIZ and through the Tunisian

Government through the ANGed;

• Partner countries:

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Who are we?

ISWA & SWEEP-Net Joint Seminar on Biowaste Management in the MENA Region

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o Updated SWM reports (national and regional), guides, articles and studies

about waste management, best practices, new technologies;

o Regional SWM symposiums and workshops;

o Establishment of a regional platform for exchange of experiences and

expertise (www.sweepnet.org );

o Development of a communication strategy and infrastructure;

o Comprehensive database of key stakeholders, projects and documents;

o Capacity building, training and technical visits.

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SWEEP-Net Products and Activities

http://www.sweepnet.org/

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o SWEEP-Net Partners Countries host about 221.5 million people and generates

approximately 51.5 million tons of municipal waste/year;

o Egypt has the highest generation of waste in the region, of 21 million tons/year, and

Mauritania the lowest of 450,000 tons/year;

o With the exception of Mauritania and Yemen, more than 50% of the population live in

urban areas, and generate of 180-675Kg/capita/ year;

o Waste collection coverage varies between 30%, in Mauritania, reaching as high as 95%

in Lebanon;

o After the Arab Spring, there was a downturn in of economic growth from about 3.2% of

GDP in 2010 to 2.1% in 2011 (The World Bank, 2012), carrying reduction and/or

suspension of investments in MSW collection, recycling and treatment.

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Solid Waste in the MENA Region – Facts and Figures

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SWEEP - Net Partner

Countries

Waste Generation (tons/year)

Municipal Medical Industrial Hazardous Agricultural

Tunisia 2.400.000 16.000 116.000 150.000 4.000.000

Egypt 21.000.000 28.300 6.000.000 260-500.000 30.000.000

Morocco 6.900.000 21.000 1.500.000 290.000 -

Yemen 3.800.000 4.000 - 21.000 -

Mauritania 454.000 1.200 - - -

Palestinian 1.400.000 3.200 132.000 63.000 440.000

Jordan 2.100.000 4.000 - 45.000 > 4.000.000

Lebanon 2.000.000 25.000 6.000.000 3.400.00 -

Algeria 8.500.000 37.000 2.500.000 325.000 -

SWM Situation in the MENA Region


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Occupied Palestinian Territories Yemen

Tunisia

Egypt Lebanon Morocco

SWM Overview in the MENA Region


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Development in the Sector

(+) sector policy, legislation and institutional development

(-) finances, fiscal reforms, information systems, communication


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Current SWM in the Region

Design: D - Waste

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Organic Waste in the MENA Region

60% ORGANIC WASTE

INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE WASTE

MANAGEMENT

WASTE REDUCTION

COMPOSTING

ENERGY GENERATION

ORGANIC WASTE VALORISATION

ECONOMIC

ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL


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Why is the Valorisation of Organic Waste Important?

o Biowaste represents the vast majority of the MSW volume in the MENA Region;

o It is a major contributor to the Greenhouse Effect due to the emission of GHGs;

o Diverse business opportunities considering the production of fertilizer and

energy, as well as a creation of new job openings;

o Improve of Public Awareness and Society Engagement;

o Reduction of disposal impacts and costs;

o Improvement of soil quality.

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Local Scale Projects in the MENA Region

o Egypt

o Compost production using rice straw as a raw material and energy generation using agricultural residues (ENTAG);

o Community-Based Organic Waste Composting Project in El Katta.

o Tunisia

o Composting of organic waste in Kelibia.

o Jordan

o Deir Alla organic compost plant.

o Morocco

o Household waste treatment and recovery centre in Oujda.

ISWA & SWEEP-Net Joint Seminar on Biowaste Management in the MENA Region El Katta, Egypt Deir Alla, Jordan

Oujda, Morocco

Kelibia, Tunisia

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On-Going Challenges

o Waste reduction remains low and at-source separation is practical

nonexistent;

o Open dumps are still functioning and are the primary locations for disposing of

at least 60% of the household waste, with possible mixture of medical and

industrial waste;

o Collection and disposal of municipal waste in rural areas lag behind the same

services in the urban areas;

o Lack of public awareness and communication with stakeholders, reflected in

a low level of community interaction in all SWM aspects,;

o Limited funding of local governments and private investors.


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Solid Waste

Composition by Income

and Year

Source : Worldbank – Urban

Development Series

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What can be done to improve Biowaste Management?

1. Strengthening the governance in MSW sector;

2. Ensuring equity in MSW services by targeting first subsidies in MSW sector to

benefit the poor first;

3. Creating jobs by providing new opportunities for young entrepreneurs to be

involved in the MSW services; and

4. Moving towards green growth by scaling up support towards the valorisation of

the waste in terms of the 4 Rs ( Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover).


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Current Trends for Organic Waste Management in the MENA Region ?


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Content

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THANK YOU !

Contact: [email protected]

www.sweep-net.org


http://www.sweep-net.org/



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As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in

achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for

sustainable development.

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Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Registered offices, Bonn and Eschborn, Germany

Regional Solid Waste Exchange of Information and Expertise Network in

the MENA Region (SWEEP-Net)

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1002 Tunis Belvedere

Tunisia

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Author(s)

Rafaela Craizer

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ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE MENA REGION · 25.11.2013 Seite 4 Solid Waste in the MENA Region o SWEEP-Net Partners Countries host about 221.5 million people and generates approximately