The city of Salé has just acquired a maintenance centre for household waste collection vehicles, according to maintenance and hygiene standards approved at the international level. This infrastructure, inaugurated by the governor of the Salé prefecture Mustapha Khedri who was accompanied by the Guinean head of government Mohamed Saïd Fofana, covers an area of 15 thousand m2 for a storage capacity of 100 vehicles. The centre, falling under the Moroccan cleaning group "Ozone environnement et services", has workshops dedicated to the maintenance and repair of waste collection trucks, in addition to administrative outbuildings and sanitary facilities reserved for employees. The chairman and CEO of the "Ozone environnement et services" group, Aziz El Badraoui, emphasised, in a statement to the press, the importance of the creation of this service depending on his group which respects all the maintenance and hygiene standards approved at the international level. "Ozone environnement et services" ensures the delegated management of the cleanliness and liquid sanitation sector in the districts of Bettana and Hssaine, by virtue of a contract worth 36 million dirhams for a duration of 7 years, he indicated. The group is in charge of collecting nearly 80,000 tonnes of waste, each year, at the level of the districts of Bettana and Ahssine, i.e., 230 tonnes per ordinary day and 280 tonnes on special occasions. Furthermore, Mr. El Badraoui indicated that his group is in the process of signing a final contract with the Guinean government by virtue of which the group is in charge of waste treatment and liquid sanitation. The contract, which spans a period of eight years, should involve an initial investment of 360 million dirhams. For his part, the president of the municipal council of the city of Salé, Noureddine El Azrak, estimated that the creation of the service is of a nature to resolve the problem of the maintenance and repair of waste collection vehicles, noting that a budget envelope of 160 million dirhams is allocated to the hygiene sector. With a view to resolving the hygiene problem in the city, he announced that a waste transfer centre will be created towards the end of the month of September, inviting the inhabitants to contribute, in their turn, to improving the cleanliness of their city. For his part, the Guinean head of government, Mohamed Saïd Fofana, welcomed the choice made on this Moroccan group specialised in waste treatment and liquid sanitation for the management of this sector in Guinea, all the more so as it has significant means allowing it to resolve the sanitation problem affecting his country, notably the Guinean capital Conakry.