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SIRC Announces Riyadh’s First Recycling Facility

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SIRC Announces Riyadh’s First Recycling Facility

Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) logo
Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) logo

Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) announced the construction of the first recycling and sorting facility in Riyadh, as part of the government’s initiative to enhance environmental sustainability, while looking forward to establishing other facilities in the capital and the eastern region.

SIRC communication director, Fahad al-Shehri, indicated that the company agreed with Riyadh Municipality to establish two facilities, one for construction and demolition wastes (CDW) and another for the municipal wastes to be opened by the end of this year.

Shehri told Asharq Al-Awsat that SIRC plans to open another facility in Riyadh and other facilities in the Eastern Province, stressing that they aim to enhance environmental sustainability by adopting a circular economy model in the Kingdom.

Last Sunday, the Riyadh Municipality announced that the Kingdom’s first recycling facility is in its final stages of construction, established in partnership with SIRC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF).

It noted that this will be the first step toward meeting the national ambition of diverting 60 percent of CDW from landfills by 2035 in alignment with the Kingdom's effort to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

The new facility is aligned with SIRC's strategic plan to implement a world-class waste management system and position the Kingdom at the forefront of innovative recycling.

The facility is the first to be developed under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in July 2019 between SIRC, the National Center for Waste Management, and al-Riyadh Municipality for embracing integrated waste management and recycling activities in the capital.

The new facility is located in al-Khair, north district of Riyadh, and covers over 1.3 million sq. meters of land allocated by al-Riyadh Municipality. It will treat up to 600 tons of CDW per hour and achieve recycling rates of over 90 percent.

The facility will use advanced technologies and will be equipped with mobile equipment that can be moved between future recycling sites and reconfigured to deal with various capacities according to local needs.

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Lebanon Appoints Karim Souaid as New Central Bank Governor

A woman walks outside of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
A woman walks outside of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
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Lebanon Appoints Karim Souaid as New Central Bank Governor

A woman walks outside of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
A woman walks outside of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Lebanon on Thursday named asset manager Karim Souaid as its new central bank governor. He will be expected to restructure the banking sector and fairly distribute losses from Lebanon's 2019 financial collapse, which erased the savings of ordinary Lebanese, tanked the currency and sparked an economic crisis.

In announcing Souaid's appointment, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urged the new governor to focus on talks with the International Monetary Fund, restructuring banks, tightening banking secrecy laws and prioritizing depositors' rights.

"The governor, whoever he is and whatever the reservations about his selection, must commit from today to the financial policies of our reformist government," Salam said following a cabinet vote on the appointment.

Souaid, who holds a degree from Harvard Law School and founded asset management firm GrowthGate Capital in 2007, won the support of 17 ministers in the 24-member cabinet, two sources with direct knowledge of the vote told Reuters.

Salam and President Joseph Aoun have both pledged to prioritize reforms to help secure funds desperately needed to kickstart the economy and rebuild the country following the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah.

But they were split over who to appoint as central bank governor, with Aoun backing Souaid and Salam against him, according to two Lebanese government officials, two sources familiar with the dispute and a Western diplomat.

The incoming governor will replace interim chief Wassim Mansouri, who has been overseeing the bank since longer-serving governor Riad Salameh's tenure ended in disgrace in 2023 due to the financial implosion.

In the wake of the crisis, Lebanon was placed on a financial watchdog's "grey list" for failing to address concerns about terrorism financing and money laundering through its financial system.