The official spokesman for the Al-Ahsa Municipality, Khaled bin Muhammad Bu Shel, explained that the amount of construction waste coming to the Municipality’s Environmental Engineering Landfill during the second quarter of the current year 2024 amounted to 291,757 tons, while 167,209 tons (household waste) were transferred to the landfill, revealing that 16,338 tons of “waste” were sorted and recycled. “solid waste” at the waste sorting and recycling station, which included (13,512 tons of organic materials, 2,106 tons of paper and cardboard, 371 tons of plastic, 348 tons of metals)
Bushell stressed that strengthening efforts in public cleaning processes and work is part of the objectives of the municipal services system in accordance with the objectives of the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing, in a clear path with specific objectives, including those related to organizing and supervising all services related to waste, and enhancing social responsibility among individuals to reach sustainable development. Encouraging investment plans in it, and increasing the foundations of economic principles in waste management to achieve environmental factors in society.