AMMAN —
Parliamentary committees on Saturday concluded a meeting in the city of Aqaba
on the environment and climate change, which was held in cooperation with the
UN Development Program (UNDP) in Jordan, and the participation of
representatives from the Ministry of Environment and mayors, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
During the two-day meeting, MPs of the Lower House’s
committees on health and environment, energy and mineral resources, women and
family affairs, agriculture and water and tourism and public services,
discussed queries by lawmakers about environmental problems in most of the
regions of the Kingdom.
Head of the Health
and Environment Committee, Tayseer Al-Krishan, said more attention should be
given to the management of hazardous waste, especially medical and radioactive
waste.
MP Obaid Al-Yassin
called for promoting small enterprises related to waste recycling. He stressed
the importance of one entity that grants licenses and monitors such
enterprises.
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