A Palestinian plant has succeeded for the first time in recycling solid waste from throughout the Rafah governorate in the far south of the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to overcome the serious environmental crisis that Gaza is facing. The crisis has erupted due to an accumulation of waste, and this plan aims to benefit from the waste to provide products that could save money, especially in the agricultural sector.
Nearly ten months ago, the Environmental Friends’ Association in Rafah city established a plant that extended over an area of eight dunums [2 acres], to address the environmental disaster facing the city. The environmental threat increased with the disposal of solid waste that has occurred over the past years, in a "dump” located to the east of the city and covering an area of nearly 40 dunums. There were insects there that transmit diseases to people and the dump leaks organic materials into the groundwater after decomposition has started.
