TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 04 Waste management draft to be ready by next month Bahrain now generates 2.2 million tonnes of waste a year We have a huge amount of• waste that is being generated and it is steadily 899,000 increasing as the population tonnes of trash were grows, he warned. collected in the first five months of 2018. TDT|Manama Mohammed Zafran he final draft for Bahrain’s new that is being generated and it is stead- waste management strategy will ily increasing as the population grows, Tbe finalised by next month, it he warned. was learnt. Reducing the waste produced in the The preparation of the new strategy country is an important part of the for waste management is in its final project, he said. stages and the the draft plan, which “We certainly want to reduce the has taken almost six months to pre - waste generated in the country. But pare, will be finalised by next month, this can take some time and we are said Bob Doig, a waste management setting realistic targets for it.” adviser to the Ministry of Works, Mu- According to the latest statistics nicipalities Affairs and Urban Plan- from the Ministry, 899,000 tonnes of ning. trash were collected in the first five Mr Doig also works with Estidama months of 2018. - a waste management centre which The Kingdom is one of the biggest per capita waste generators in the world. The ministry said that Bahrain now comes under the Works Ministry. produces 2.2 million tonnes waste a According to him, following the fi- prepared right now. We need to in - new strategy, he said, “We are looking year, which means every resident/ nalisation of the draft, six months volve every stakeholder including the at all types of waste and trying to look citizen generates two tonnes of waste will be required to fully implement private sector, Ministry of Health and at ways of not just treating it but also annually. the strategy. It takes six months to formulate environment protection organisations. to prevent it, reduce it and recycle. We According to statistics, Bahrain’s “It takes six months to formulate the strategy and six months for By next month we will have the final are looking at where it comes from and household produces more waste than the strategy and six months for it to it to be implemented. draft.” where it goes,” he said. the country’s commercial, industrial be implemented. The draft is being MR DOIG Speaking about the objectives of the We have a huge amount of waste and green waste combined. Reconciliation ‘Dream come true’ for Bahraini start-up owner agreement between dad, Sheikh Al Asfoor underlined• in his sons cancelled statement that TDT|Manama “providing opportunities Ali Tarif to establish and nurture youth projects is a he High Criminal Court Thas ordered the cancel- top priority for JWD’s lation of the reconciliation management, as it is agreement signed between a cornerstone of its a man and his sons, because they were below the legal investment vision”. age at the time of inking it. The duo took their father TDT|Manama to court for convincing Muhannad Mansour them to sign the agreement, through which he deprived day after Tribune pub- them some of their financial lished the plea of a Bah- rights, according to court A raini man who sought files. assistance for his private car- The pair later found that wash project, the Jaffaria Waqf Abu Amin (second from left) and Sheikh Al Asfoor during the meeting yesterday. they were fooled by their fa- Directorate (JWD) in Justice, Is- ther and they filed a lawsuit lamic Affairs and Endowments from Sitra to work with him and statement released yesterday ing him with a list of the lands to rescind the agreement. Ministry has stepped up and quickly strengthened his cli- that “Sheikh Al Asfoor wel - available and suitable for the “My clients were minors pledged to offer support. ents’ list to include customers comed the man and praised establishment of his project, in at the time they signed Tribune reported on Sunday from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. his entrepreneurship efforts”. accordance with the investment the reconciliation agree- that Sayed Hashim Amin, who’s As the business rapidly ex- Sheikh Al Asfoor also said Abu formulas and mechanisms fol- ment. Their father initially also known as Abu Amin, devel- panded and the numbers of Amin is “an honourable model lowed by the directorate. presented the agreement oped his hobby for washing and clients soared, Abu Amin told of the hardworking Bahraini in front of another court polishing cars into a flourish- Tribune that washing cars out- youth”. Good Initiative which ruled in his favour. ing business named “Abu Amin side his house wasn’t practical The directorate is an admin- “But today the court re- Carwash”. anymore. istrative body that’s in charge Tribune spoke to Abu-Amin versed the initial ruling af- After being sacked from his He pleaded for assistance of mosques, maatams (religious following the meeting to learn ter noticing that they were job as a customs clearance agent from the concerned official de- I hope this is the and community centres) and more about his next step. “This minors when the agreement at a private company back in partments, such as Works, Mu- first step towards other properties and assets en- is a good initiative from the was signed,” the plantiffs’ 2016, Abu Amin began washing nicipalities Affairs and Urban a bright future dowed to these establishments. directorate’s side. It reflects lawyer Ibtisam Al Sabagh cars outside his house, located Planning Ministry, JWD and the It handles the rent and revenue their concern about the Bah - said. in Marquban village in Sitra. Sunni Endowments, to provide for me and my of such properties. raini youth and their interest. The court’s ruling stated The man started from zero him with a land so he could friends. Sheikh Al Asfoor underlined I was told in the meeting that that the agreement must be and earned the necessary rent with a reasonable price and ABU AMIN in his statement that “providing the directorate would list the deemed invalid because the amount to buy car-washing officially establish a registered opportunities to establish and lands under its supervision in plaintiffs weren’t of legal equipment and other materials, carwash. nurture youth projects is a top Sitra and get back to me with- age to give up their rights. after manually washing cars for JWD contacted Abu Amin Attending the meeting was priority for JWD’s management, in few days, so I could choose It also underlined that a couple of months. on the same day his story was JWD Chairman Sheikh Mohsen as it is a cornerstone of its in- which is suitable to establish the father had exploited his Abu Amin didn’t only provide published on the third page of Al Asfoor, JWD Acting Direc- vestment vision”. my project. I hope this is the sons to push them towards a living for his three-member Sunday’s edition of Tribune and tor Ali Khamis and other JWD He instructed the concerned first step towards a bright fu- signing the agreement de- family, but also attracted ten a meeting was held yesterday officials. departments in the directorate ture for me and colleagues,” spite the fact he was aware unemployed Bahraini youth with him. The directorate said in a to assist Abu Amin by provid- Abu Amin said. of their age..