Environmental scandal in Taounate: leakage of “margine” from an olive mill into a citizen’s home reopens the pollution issue

Des acteurs locaux dans la province de Taounate ont indiqué que la poursuite des récentes précipitations est exploitée, selon eux, par certains propriétaires de moulins à olives pour se débarrasser de la « margine » en la déversant dans les oueds et les cours d’eau, en l’absence d’un contrôle suffisant ou d’une intervention effective des autorités compétentes.

Local stakeholders in Taounate Province reported that the continuation of recent rainfall is being exploited, according to them, by some olive mill owners to dispose of “margine” by discharging it into wadis and waterways, amid insufficient oversight or effective intervention by the relevant authorities.

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Dans le même contexte, un citoyen de la commune de Sidi Yahya Beni Zeroual a expressed being harmed by the leakage of margine from a nearby olive mill, confirming that these liquid wastes reached inside his home, causing environmental damage and foul odors that affected his living conditions, prompting him to demand redress and the necessary measures.

In the same context, a resident of the commune of Sidi Yahya Beni Zeroual reported harm caused by margine leaking from a nearby olive mill, confirming that the liquid waste entered his home, resulting in environmental damage and unpleasant odors that affected his living conditions, leading him to call for redress and appropriate action.

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Selon des sources locales, this issue is not new, having previously been the subject of multiple correspondences and complaints, including cases submitted to Parliament during past sessions. However, observers note the absence of tangible field intervention to date, despite the serious risks these wastes pose to the environment and public health.

According to local sources, this issue is not new and has previously been the subject of several correspondences and complaints, including cases presented to Parliament in previous sessions. Nevertheless, observers note the lack of concrete on-the-ground intervention so far, despite the serious risks posed by these wastes to the environment and public health.

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Des acteurs de la société civile have voiced their condemnation of the persistence of such practices, considering that the discharge of margine—especially during rainy periods—constitutes a direct threat to groundwater and wadis, in addition to its negative impacts on residents living near the mills.

Civil society actors have expressed their condemnation of the continuation of these practices, considering that the discharge of margine—particularly during rainy periods—poses a direct threat to groundwater and wadis, along with negative impacts on residents living near olive mills.

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Dans ce cadre, des voix locales appellent à renforcer la surveillance des olive mills, à appliquer les environmental laws currently in force, and to adopt sustainable solutions for treating margine, in order to protect the environment and citizens’ rights and to put an end to recurring tensions experienced in parts of the province during the harvest season.

In this regard, local voices are calling for stricter monitoring of olive mills, the enforcement of existing environmental laws, and the adoption of sustainable solutions for treating margine, to safeguard the environment and citizens’ rights and to put an end to recurring tensions in some areas of the province during the harvest season.

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Source : Fes News Media

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