Sidi Bernoussi acquires a Sorting and Recycling Centre

The prefecture of districts of Sidi Bernoussi has acquired a Waste Sorting and Recycling Centre (CTRD) as part of the implementation of the National Waste Management Programme, which aims to recycle 20% of waste by 2015. The centre, the first of its kind in the metropolis, will serve for the reintegration of people in precarious situations, who work in the collection, sorting, and resale of waste, and who exercise their "trade" in unsanitary and sometimes inhumane conditions. The total budget allocated to this centre, located in the industrial zone of Sidi Bernoussi, is 9.4 million DH, of which 3.82 million are financed by the INDH. "By its economic and environmental vocations, the Waste Sorting and Recycling Centre will allow waste collectors, of all genders, who work in critical sanitary conditions that undermine their dignity, to enjoy a decent living environment and to participate i…