Garbage pickers are organized by the economic mafia
According to the Moj news agency, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization pointed out the need to organize Garbage collectors Especially the working children, he said: there is an economic mafia behind this issue and it exploits these children. This issue is the basis of the propaganda of malicious enemies and it should be dealt with as soon as possible.
In a meeting with the Minister of Justice at the site of this organization, Ali Selajgeh emphasized the necessity of cooperation between these two institutions in the issue of waste management and added: due to the importance of the issue of waste management, the meeting of the National Working Group on Waste Management is held on a monthly basis with the presence of the member organizations of the working group. Environmental Protection Organization is held.
Stating that now waste recycling creates a high added value, he pointed to the successful experience of a company to collect and separate waste in Mashhad and considered it a good model for the country.
According to the vice president, the issue of separation from the source is the most important solution for managing waste in the country, and this prevents the destruction of water and soil resources and environmental pollution.
The economic mafia fuels the black business of garbage collection
In this meeting, the Minister of Justice also pointed to the main duty of this ministry in establishing communication between the government, the judiciary and the Islamic Council, and said: In addition to this inherent duty, the Ministry of Justice is the national authority of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the country, and one of the issues raised in this The convention is the rights of working children.
Amin Hossein Rahimi added: Since a significant part of the garbage pickers are working children, we are determined to help the responsible institutions, including the Environmental Protection Organization, to organize this issue.
He stated that the issue of littering, in addition to distorting the face of cities, also threatens public health and health, and clarified that a powerful economic mafia is behind this issue, fueling this black business.
Emphasizing the need to separate waste from its source as the main solution for waste management, the Minister of Justice pointed out: We must make municipalities work to organize normal waste, which is the main problem of the country in this area, but the supervisory role of the Environmental Protection Organization is also in this. Communication is very important.
The municipality should stop the activity of unauthorized waste recycling centers
Also, the director general of the waste management office presented a report on the latest state of waste management in the country and said: 21 million tons of normal waste, 150 thousand tons of hospital waste, 8 million tons of special and hazardous waste, 35 million tons of industrial waste and 170 million tons of waste are generated annually. Agriculture is produced in the country.
Mehdi Khadim Thameni announced the update of the comprehensive waste management system on an annual basis and added: All transfers of waste in the country, except normal waste, are controlled through this system.
Criticizing the activities of unauthorized waste recycling centers, the director general of the waste management office demanded the cooperation of municipalities in stopping the activities of these centers.