While MP Khalid Hatimi, from the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), defended the importance of importing European waste for the Moroccan economy, MP Hussein Ben Tayeb, in the same vein, declared that the The importation of rubber waste constitutes real wealth and is beneficial for many Moroccan companies.
MP Driss El Sentissi, president of the parliamentary group of the Popular Movement (MP), for his part proposed an amendment relating to the taxation of plastic and metal waste and used tires, requesting the application of an import duty of 40%. The increase in this tax is necessary to preserve local waste as well as the environment, he added.
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For Abdellah Bouanou, of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), it is important to differentiate between the importation of used tires and the importation of new tires, calling for the recovery of local waste. “What is the meaning of importing these rubbers and tires? “, he asked.
The importation of plastic waste is not intended to pollute Morocco, reacted Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate for the Budget, indicating that the importation of this waste by Moroccan companies is conditional on the prior obtaining of authorizations from the ministries of ‘Energy and Trade. Better still, their transformation is done according to specifications, added Lekjaa, adding that certain local industries use this waste to produce energy.
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