The Minister of Environment, Habib Abid, announced during a working meeting held on Friday, March 21, 2025, at the governorate of Sfax, that the study for the future Teniour Waste Valorization Center in Sfax has been completed. This center will process nearly 600 tons of waste daily, as he stated in an interview on Mosaique FM.
He explained that the study concluded that the main waste valorization method will involve drying the waste to use it as fuel in cement plants and brick factories.
The minister also indicated that the land regularization procedure for the site has been completed, the land-use change has been made, and the final area has been determined.
A decree related to waste valorization methods in Tunisia has been prepared, and a terms of reference concerning the environmental impact study for a capacity of 50 tons per day is in the finalization stage.
He revealed that a call for tenders to attract investors in the waste valorization field will be launched in May, with the aim of starting operations at the Teniour center by the end of 2025.
In addition, Habib Abid announced a comprehensive program for cleaning Tunisia’s coastlines, from Bizerte to Djerba, including several projects to be launched soon, notably the Bizerte, Gammarth-Carthage, Sousse South-Monastir, and Djerba projects.
He added that funding searches are ongoing for these initiatives, in addition to two specific projects: one concerning the Sfax coastline and the other the Gabès coastline, with the main objective of eliminating all pollution sources from the Gulf of Gabès.
Source: WEBDO
