AMMAN — The Jordanian Businessmen
Association (JBA) and USAID signed a memorandum of understanding through Chemonics
International to implement a recycling project in Jordan, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
In a statement Saturday, the JBA said the project
will stimulate Jordan’s private sector firms to use recycling and to help JBA
members to connect with companies operating in the recycling industry.
The project, which is implemented under joint
supervision of the Ministry of Environment and the Greater Amman Municipality
(GAM), seeks to increase commercial competitiveness by strengthening market relations
and improving the business-friendly environment. That could be achieved by
transforming the recycling services network into a competitive sector that
contributes to sustainable management of solid waste in the Kingdom.
JBA member Michel Nazzal, who signed the memo,
affirmed the association’s support for all efforts to conserve the environment
through this important project for waste recycling, which represents multiple
sectors that would contribute “significantly” to support these endeavors, including
the hotel, heavy and light industries, and healthcare sectors.
Nazzal also pointed to the importance of the
project’s action mechanism, based on achieving mutual trade interests, which
aims to serve companies and businesses operating in the recycling services
sector, which increases incentives for all partners to push success of this
national venture.
Project Manager Maher Al-Hamdan said the enterprise
aims to protect the environment and public health and preserve natural
resources through an integrated waste management system. It will increase
recycling operations and separate recyclable organic materials, and stimulate
the recycling process by focusing on raising awareness at the society level.
The project will support and boost waste recycling
and reuse in the business sector, Hamdan said, adding that it began to pay off
for a number of successful projects for major retail companies.
The agreement will set the stage to raising
awareness among Jordan’s business sector to take part in the project by holding
workshops with JBA members, Hamdan said.
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