The agreement was signed by HE Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley, the chairman of the board of directors of the National Waste Management Centre; HE Eng. Fahad Aljubair, Mayor of the Eastern Province, and Eng. Jeroen Vincent, CEO of SIRC.

Under the MoU, the three parties will jointly work on the execution of the overall waste management strategy for the Eastern Province to achieve a set of strategic objectives for recycling by 2035. This notably includes the recycling of 81 per cent of the 2 million tons of annually produced municipal solid waste and 60 per cent of the approximately 1.5 million tons of construction and demolition waste per year.

As part of an integrated waste management system, the National Waste Management Centre and SIRC will build state-of-the-art recycling facilities in the Eastern Province to recycle all types of waste. This includes recycling of municipal waste into recyclables such as fertilizer, paper, plastics and metals, according to the statement. HE Eng. Fahad Aljubair, Mayor of the Eastern Province, said, “This agreement strengthens our continuous efforts to improve the system of work in the waste management sector and upgrade the services provided to the residents in accordance with the best international standards.”

“The signing of this agreement represents an extension of the agreements signed recently by us, which aims at developing the waste management sector through the establishment of modern recycling facilities,” said Eng. Jeroen Vincent, CEO of SIRC.