Casablanca’s municipal council is moving toward requiring large waste producers to pay fees based on the weight of their refuse before it is transported to the city’s public landfill, according to local council sources.
The proposal was discussed during a consultative meeting on a new set of specifications governing the city’s sanitation sector. Elected officials called for imposing charges on major waste generators — particularly hotels, restaurants and fast-food outlets — which they estimate account for nearly 15% of the waste produced in Morocco’s economic capital.
Council members proposed obliging sanitation contractors to use trucks equipped with weighing systems to measure waste generated by these businesses. They also pushed for requiring future contractors to clean narrow alleyways, not just main roads.
Under the proposed rules, companies awarded sanitation contracts would be required to deploy smaller trucks capable of accessing residential alleys, rather than concentrating waste collection along major streets.
The working conditions of sanitation workers were also raised during the meeting, with councilors stressing the need to improve labor conditions and take workers’ social circumstances into account.
According to the same sources, elected officials emphasized the importance of imposing strict penalties on companies that fail to meet contractual obligations and linking payments to on-the-ground performance.
Casablanca officials say the upcoming contract framework is key to sustaining recent improvements in the city’s cleanliness, after years of complaints over garbage accumulation in public spaces.
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