Qatar Chamber’s Environment Committee, a part of its Food Security and Environment Committee, has held a virtual meeting to discuss the decisions proposed by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) on the regulation, recycling and waste treatment, and the appropriate time to implement the proposed recycling procedures.
The meeting was led by Mohamed bin Ahmed al-Obaidli, chairman of the Food Security and Environment Committee, in the presence of the committee’s vice-chairman, Abdulrahman bin Abdulla al-Ansari, as well as Dr Saif al-Hajari and Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf.
During the meeting, attendees agreed to allow factories to qualify themselves to implement the decisions, and stressed the importance of providing economic and environmental studies and working on establishing mechanisms to bear the expected cost in case such legislation is applied to either the consumer, producer or the relevant governmental authorities.
The meeting also stressed the importance of listening to the views of manufacturers, recycling specialists and consumer representatives in this regard.
Attendees also stressed the importance of organising awareness programmes to the business community and consumers on the proposed decisions.
They noted that the recycling industry requires financing and praised the role played by Qatar Development Bank in providing facilities to support these industries.
The meeting agreed to invite representatives from the MME and owners of factories to attend an upcoming meeting to review the proposals and identify the necessary field or economic studies on which proposals will be based.
It also recommended to allow enough time before issuing a legislation that regulates the recycling process.
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