Why does Morocco import European waste?

Questioned in parliament on the importation of waste from Europe, Leila Benali, the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, explained that this operation is economically very profitable, assuring that it will have no impact on the environment and the natural resources of the kingdom.

The use, recycling and revaluation of this waste imported from Europe is a very profitable and inexpensive operation, said Benali, in response to written questions from the leaders of the parliamentary groups of the Popular Movement (MP) and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) in the House of Representatives on the economic interest of importing more than 2.5 million tons of waste and used tires and its consequences on the environment and health.