Ministry invites business owners to invest in waste recycling activities I Times of Oman

Ministry invites business owners to invest in waste recycling activities I Times of Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has invited business owners to invest in waste recycling activities to enhance the local added value in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the statistics available at the MoCIIP the number of waste exports for the years 2020 and 2021 reached more than 230, 000, where paper waste topped the highest percentage with 59, then came copper waste by 24 per cent, and iron waste reached nine per cent. As for the Sultanate's imports of waste for the same period, more than 680, 000 tonnes, non-iron waste came in first place by 57 per cent, then copper waste by 34 per cent, and in third place was plastic waste by six per cent." Engineer Sami bin Salem Al Sahib, Director General of Industry at the MoCIIP said: "Based on the available statistical data, the Sultanate is ready to attract many industries related to recycling." The ministry organised at the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry a workshop on regulating the export of waste, to shed light on the challenges facing the industrial sector and the proposed initiatives to solve these challenges regarding the export and import of industrial waste and