Algeria and Tunisia advance large-scale waste-to-energy projects

Algeria is planning a €4.4 billion industrial project to establish a national waste management and energy recovery network. The initiative aims to integrate collection, sorting, recycling, and energy production to reduce landfill volumes. The plan includes five sorting platforms and five energy recovery units utilizing Swedish and German technologies. Expected to create over 68,000 direct jobs, the project involves partnerships between public entities like Cosider, Madar Group, and the National Investment Fund, alongside potential European operators to facilitate technology transfer.

In Tunisia, a waste treatment and recovery project in Sedouikech, Djerba, is progressing toward completion. Designed to process 50,000 tonnes of household waste annually, the project is being managed under strict environmental oversight due to its location in a Ramsar international wetland. The development follows a public-private partnership model supported by the World Bank. Additionally, a circular economy project funded by Italy and Japan, in collaboration with the UNDP, will deploy a biomethanization unit to treat 6,000 tonnes of hotel waste.