Morocco: Implementing an integrated and sustainable solid waste management

Project Solid waste sector DPL  Websites Carbon Finance, Development and the World Bank  Carbon finance website

With the increase in per capita consumption, municipal solid waste management has become crucial considering risks and negative effects on environment and in terms of on quality of life, human health, natural resources and economic and social development.

Currently, Morocco produces about 4.7 million tons of municipal waste per year and could reach 6.2 million tons in 2020. 

The Government has recently undertaken vigorous actions to reform the solid waste sector

An important DH 37 billion National Program on Municipal Solid Waste (NSWMP) is launched and will be implemented over the next 15 years, aiming at:

·       Ensuring more than 90% of urban collection and cleansing;

·       Closing and/or rehabilitating existing landfills;

·       Organizing and developing "separation-recycling-valorization" channel.

The World Bank support

The solid waste project supports the Government program in the reform of the municipal solid waste sector including better sector governance, service sustainability, and a better economic, environmental and social performance.

The main project basis will be:

·       Sector governance by improving institutional coordination, reinforcing transparency, and fostering private sector partnership;

·       Services sustainability considering technical and financial capacities;

·       Mitigating environmental and social impacts.

This project is in line with the Country Assistance Strategy with Morocco (CAS) which gives importance to environmental aspects as a crucial element to accelerate social development, growth, poverty reduction in Morocco.

The Programmatic project "Clean Development Mechanism" (CDM) will be prepared in collaboration with the Fonds de l'équipement communal (FEC) and will allow local collectivities to seize carbon market opportunities.

What is carbon market?

• Underlying the carbon market is a simple fact: no matter where on the planet you reduce greenhouse gases, it has the same positive impact.
  
  
• The carbon market is emerging as a powerful tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to transfer financial resources and clean technology to the developing world.
  
  
• The World Bank Group is building opportunities for developing countries to access carbon finance in support of low-carbon development goals.

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