Minister of Environment and Quality of Life Kaouter Krikou launched the commercialization of organic compost BIO PROPREC yesterday during her working visit to the wilaya of Mascara. This tour also included monitoring the progress of waste valorization projects and recycling promotion, as well as supervising the signing of a partnership agreement between the National Conservatory for Environmental Training (CNFE) and the NASDA agency.
Ms. Kaouter Krikou conducted a working and inspection visit yesterday to several structures under her sector in the wilaya of Mascara. According to a statement from her ministerial department, this tour is part of the ministry’s strategy on circular economy and sustainable waste management. To this end, the minister began her program with a visit to a recyclable waste collection center, where she received detailed explanations on the sorting and recovery operations. The center’s managers presented the resources mobilized to ensure waste valorization and reduce the quantities destined for landfilling, as part of implementing circular economy principles.
In the Matemore commune, Ms. Krikou inspected a household waste transfer station as well as a compost production unit, built under Algerian-Belgian cooperation. On this occasion, she learned about the various stages of processing organic waste and transforming it into compost intended for commercialization. Still according to the same source, the minister also gave the starting signal for the commercialization of organic compost BIO PROPREC, an initiative aimed at supporting the circular economy and encouraging the use of environmentally friendly products.
As part of her visit, Ms. Krikou went to a unit specialized in the recovery and transformation of plastic waste. She learned about the production capacities and recycling mechanisms adopted, in an approach to support investment in plastic waste valorization and strengthen sustainable local development.
The visit’s program was also marked by the supervision of the signing of a partnership agreement between the National Conservatory for Environmental Training and the NASDA agency. According to the statement, this agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in training and research fields, as well as to develop joint programs for environmental protection and sustainable development.
The visit concluded with the discovery of an exhibition dedicated “to the initiatives of environmental clubs and their awareness activities.” These actions aim “to promote ecological awareness among young people and encourage the adoption of environmentally respectful behaviors and practices,” the statement concluded.