Environment and Sustainable Development Division

The division has three services:

• Environmental Protection and Green Spaces Service
• Solid Waste Service
• Sewerage Service

Objectives of the division:

• protecting the environment from pollution;
• creating, maintaining and protecting green spaces;
• keeping the city clean.

Environmental Protection and Green Spaces Service

This service is responsible for:

• applying new environmental laws and the municipal charter on protecting the environment and repairing damage to it;
• tackling all forms of pollution and harm to the environment and natural balance;
• taking part, within the relevant committees, in reviewing environmental impact studies;
• contributing to environmental awareness and training;
• inspecting unhealthy, disruptive or hazardous establishments within the relevant committees;
• preserving natural sites;
• handling complaints to the Municipality about waste, air and water pollution or bad smells from drains;
• taking measures to protect the environment;
• general maintenance of green spaces (public gardens, roundabouts, central reservations, etc.);
• creating and landscaping new green spaces;
• planting new street trees and replacing those that have died;
• running the municipal tree nursery;
• pruning street trees;
• protecting all plants and street trees in green spaces, in coordination with the Prevention Division;
• planting trees, shrubs and flowers to enhance green spaces;
• watering;
• monitoring works carried out under public contracts.

Solid Waste Service

This service is responsible for:

• monitoring the delegated management of waste collection companies in the Saknia and Maamora areas;
• coordinating between the Municipal Council and the contractors;
• checking the companies’ services against the contract;
• surveying the urban area and reporting shortcomings to the companies;
• monitoring the city’s cleanliness and environmental protection;
• checking documents relating to the companies’ activities;
• responding to residents’ complaints in this area and, with the contractors, running awareness campaigns encouraging residents to put waste in the designated places and respect collection times;
• monitoring the company managing the public landfill;
• monitoring technical works at the landfill.

Sewerage Service

This service is responsible for:

• coordinating with the water, electricity and sewerage utility;
• maintaining and repairing sewer pipes in municipal facilities;
• following up residents’ complaints about damage linked to the sewerage network, in coordination with the utility.