The closure of the Médiouna landfill is still awaited: Casablanca is suffering too much from its hygiene

The American company Ecomed, in charge of managing the Médiouna landfill, is in the dock. A report from the commission in charge of monitoring the hygiene sector under the City Council has noted several dysfunctions in the implementation of the delegated management agreement concluded in 2008. Indeed, the American company promised to undertake a series of actions and measures aimed at redeveloping and operating the site while respecting the required standards. Five years later, we are far from the mark, the report indicates.In this sense, Abdelghani Merhani, head of the said commission, revealed to us that all the investments promised by the company concerning the development and management of the site have remained a dead letter.He also indicated to us that the Médiouna site, like almost all Moroccan landfills, lacks a biogas capture system and a leachate drainage network. It also suff…