The DSF is developing its e-waste project in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of the Environment.

 

he Moroccan e-waste project was launched in Casablanca in October 2007, with the initial aim of performing a diagnosis of the WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) situation. A second phase will involve the preparation of an action plan to create a structure that operates in accordance with best practices. The project is being led by the Moroccan Centre for Clean Production (CMPP) in Casablanca.

During the first visit of EMPA and DSF representatives, the CMPP set up a National Strategy Committee for WEEE at the project launch seminar. Under the direction of Abdelhay Zerouali, Director of Surveillance and Risk Prevention at the Moroccan Ministry of Land Management, Water and the Environment and national coordinator of the project, this Committee, made up of the various stakeholders, will coordinate activities linked to WEEE in Morocco.  The CMPP will submit the conclusions of the diagnosis and the action plan to the Committee in Spring 2008.

“The CMPP is committed to supporting this project, as the digital industry is booming in our country”, affirmed Saïd Mouline, president of the CMPP. “Taking these environmental measures right from the outset is fully in keeping with the approach recommended in the environment section of the social charter of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.”

“This action is perfectly in line with Hewlett Packard’s strategy throughout the world and in Morocco”, explained Fouad Jellal, Managing Director of HP for North Africa. “With the major growth of ICTs in Morocco, our strategy is to actively participate in preserving the environment through better management of electronic waste. This is the perfect moment to launch an initiative of this kind”, he concluded.