A new Tuniso-Japanese environmental cooperation program was officially launched this Monday in Béja, with the aim of improving waste management in this northwest region of Tunisia.
Announced by the Japanese Embassy in Tunisia, this project is a continuation of similar initiatives, previously carried out in Sousse and Djerba. It is implemented in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI) and the Japanese company ex Research Institute.
This third project in the waste sector is part of the joint exchange of carbon credits (MCC), signed during the International Conference of Tokyo on the development of Africa (Ticad 8), organized in Tunis in 2022. It is the fourth project supported by this bilateral mechanism, after the establishment of three photovoltaic power plants in Sidi Bouzid and Tozeur, totaling a capacity of 200 MW.
The program is based on the “Fukuoka method”, an innovative Japanese technology designed to limit methane emissions and reduce the pollution of leachate water from discharges. To ensure the proper application of this method, Tunisian engineers from the National Waste Management Agency (Anged) are currently participating in specialized training in the city of Fukuoka, in southwest Japan.
With this new initiative in Béja, Japan and Tunisia strengthen their cooperation in environmental matters and reaffirm their common desire to promote a more sustainable, cleaner development model, more respectful of natural resources.
