Morocco Imports "Valuable Waste" from Europe to Turn It into Wealth
The Kingdom of Morocco relies on importing recyclable materials, including waste, scrap, and secondary raw materials, from Europe to turn them into wealth.
According to the latest figures released by the European Statistical Office, "Morocco imported 821,500 tons of recyclable raw materials in 2024, including waste, scrap, and secondary raw materials."
According to the Moroccan newspaper "Hespress," the European Statistical Office indicated that the French market for recyclable raw materials and waste is Morocco's most preferred European destination, with imports exceeding 164,000 tons, followed by the Polish market with more than 163,000 tons, and then the Spanish market with 125,500 tons.
The European Statistical Office indicated, according to the newspaper, that "EU countries' exports of organic materials, which the office defines as waste and food waste, to Morocco amounted to 200,600 tons in 2024."
In contrast, according to the newspaper, "Morocco exported no more than 160,000 tons of these materials to European Union countries in the same year. Overall, European exports of recyclable raw materials to Morocco declined in 2024, compared to 2023, when they reached approximately 890,000 tons. Waste exports also declined slightly, exceeding 240,000 tons in 2023."
The newspaper added, "However, the same data revealed that European exports of these materials to Morocco increased from 300,000 tons in 2020 to 821,500 tons in 2024, while exports of European recyclable metals accounted for the lion's share, with Morocco importing 517,000 tons of them in 2024."
The newspaper indicated that "despite the decline in exports in 2024, the quantity remained 58.5 percent higher than in 2004 (an increase of 13.2 million tons)," noting that "EU exports of metals amounted to 19.0 million tons, representing more than half of the total exports of recyclable raw materials."
The list of recyclable materials exported by the EU to Morocco includes modest quantities of no more than 20,000 tons of plastic, cardboard and paper, wood, textiles, glass, and other unknown materials.
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