Abdulrahman bin Abdulla Al Ansari, Vice-Chairman, Food Security and Environment Committee
Doha: Qatar Chamber’s Environment Committee, a subsidiary of Food Security and Environment Committee, held a webinar to discuss decisions proposed by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment on the regulation, recycling and waste treatment, and the appropriate time to implement the proposed recycling procedures.
The meeting was chaired by Head of Food Security and Environment Committee Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Obaidli in the presence of the Committee’s Vice Chairman Abdulrahman bin Abdulla Al Ansari, Dr Saif Al Hajari and Nasser Ahmed Al Khalaf.
During the meeting, attendees called for allowing factories to qualify themselves to be able to implement these decisions, stressing the importance of providing economic and environmental studies and working on establishing mechanisms to bear the expected cost in cases such as legislation is applied between all parties, whether the consumer, the producer or the relevant governmental authorities.
The meeting also stressed the importance of listening to the views of manufacturers, recycling specialists and consumer representatives on this regard.
Attendees also stressed the importance of organising awareness programmes to the business community and consumers on the proposed decisions, noting that the recycling industry requires financial facilities, praising the role payed by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) in providing facilities to support these industries.
The meeting recommended inviting the representatives from the Ministry of Municipality and Environment and owners of factories to attend the upcoming meeting in order to review these proposals and identify the field or economic studies on which the concerned parties depended on when formulating these proposals.
During the meeting, it was also recommended to allow enough time before issuing a legislation that regulates the recycling process.
