Hazardous industrial waste generated in Tunisia are estimated at 150,000 tons per year, of which 12,000 tons per year were treated before the closure of the Jradou centre, according to data published by “Prevention Plus Formation”, a company specializing in the field of industrial safety and environment.
This without counting the phosphogypsum waste, estimated at 5 million tons / year and under the responsibility of the Tunisian Chemical Group.
These wastes are stored or dumped at sea, added the same source.
