WASTE MANAGEMENT PERMITS

1. Waste Import License

Hazardous and Non-Hazardous

This license allows companies to import waste, whether hazardous (e.g., batteries, used oils, chemicals) or non‑hazardous (e.g., plastic, paper, simple metals), for recycling or industrial treatment, while complying with all environmental requirements.

2. Final Disposal License for Waste

Municipal, Hazardous, and Non-Hazardous

This includes household and commercial waste as well as hazardous and non‑hazardous waste. The license permits its transfer to licensed sanitary landfills, designated incinerators, or accredited environmental treatment units to ensure safe disposal.

3. Hazardous Waste Treatment License

This focuses on converting hazardous waste into less harmful or usable materials through physical, chemical, or thermal treatment.

4. Sorting and Preparation License

for Recyclable Waste

This license permits the establishment and operation of sorting and preparation stations to separate recyclable materials such as plastic, paper, metals, and glass.

5. Hazardous Waste Storage License

This allows for the creation of temporary storage sites for hazardous waste, in accordance with insulation and safety specifications, until it is transported for treatment or final disposal.

6. Waste Collection and Transport License

Hazardous and Non-Hazardous

This allows companies to collect waste, whether hazardous or non‑hazardous, from its sources (e.g., factories, hospitals, commercial activities) and transport it in licensed and equipped vehicles to treatment or final disposal sites.

7. Waste Export License

Hazardous and Non-Hazardous

This is a permit for transporting hazardous and non‑hazardous waste out of the Kingdom to treatment, recycling, or final disposal facilities, in compliance with international agreements (e.g., the Basel Convention).

8. Waste Administrative License

This is a regulatory license that grants an entity the right to practice a specific activity in the waste sector (such as sorting or treatment) while complying with the general controls of the National Waste Management Center.