Waste recycling is absent from the country and an economist confirms: Iraq is very late

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[size=52]Waste recycling is absent from the country and an economist confirms: Iraq is very late[/size]

[size=45]Economic researcher Diaa Al-Mohsen confirmed that Iraq is very late in benefiting from waste, describing it as a wasted wealth through which we can employ the unemployed.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mohsen said, “Environmental challenges and pollution are one of the most important problems that governments are working to address in various ways, due to their economic and psychological impact on society, especially if we take into account the accumulation of this waste and debris, which threatens the future of the world as a whole, not just Iraq.” He stressed, “With the recent trends of international organizations on the need to rely on technology in terms of waste disposal, we find that Iraq is still far behind in benefiting from this waste through unsanitary landfill operations carried out by the municipalities of the governorates, which environmentally affects the residents of areas near these landfill sites.”[/size]
[size=45]“If we take into account the amount of waste that Iraq produces and its lack of infrastructure that enables it to invest this enormous wealth in an infinite number of industries, only then can we conclude the structural problem that this country suffers from. For example, we see daily street vendors collecting tons of cardboard boxes and selling them to merchants who smuggle them abroad or to the northern provinces. Only then do we know the huge economic loss that this country is suffering from,” Al-Mohsen added, noting that “we know very well that waste can be an important source of electrical energy.”[/size]
[size=45]Al Mohsen pointed out that “waste investment requires a joint effort from many governmental and popular bodies, especially since it is possible to employ large numbers of unemployed people by establishing waste recycling factories, which are called small and medium enterprises, but this requires defining and describing waste.” He added, “Waste is divided into solid waste, which is divided into metallic and non-metallic materials, in addition to food surplus to the consumer’s needs, as metallic waste can be recycled by melting it and remanufacturing it.”[/size]
[size=45]He concluded, “Foodstuffs can be recycled to be feed for many ruminants, which will bring economic benefit to the country. If we take into consideration that Iraq imports feed worth millions of dollars, it is possible to recycle foodstuffs that are thrown away by the tens of thousands of tons to be feed for these animals, and their nutritional value will be better than imported feed, not to mention the cheap price at which that feed will be sold and the labor that is also employed.”[/size]
[size=45]Waste covers large areas in various Iraqi governorates, making it vulnerable to burning by citizens to get rid of it and the unpleasant odors emanating from it, which causes toxic fumes to rise in those areas, and consequently suffocation among the residents.[/size]
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