Resumption of household waste collection

The city of Marrakech presented, for nearly a month, a most distressing spectacle in that all its neighbourhoods, boulevards, and alleys were collapsing under thousands of tonnes of household waste. Foul odours, microbes, filth, release of polluting products, parasites, and other disease vectors: it was the most distressing spectacle one could imagine seeing in a city supposed to constantly take care of its look. This problem not only harmed the health of citizens but also tarnished the reputation of the city as the Kingdom's leading tourist hub.Fortunately, this ordeal and this nightmarish problem came to an end last Monday, with the official presentation of the new delegates in charge of household waste collection during a ceremony presided over by the Wali of the Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region, Abdessalem Bikrate, in the presence of the city's deputy mayors. In the concern to keep…