The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a new financing package worth €14.7 million ($16.6 million) to the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) in Jordan.
This package is being extended under the EBRD’s GAM Solid Waste Crisis Response Programme. It consists of a JOD7.9 million ($11.1 million) EBRD loan to the GAM, backed by a €5 million ($5.7 million) grant from the European Union.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Syrian refugee crisis have placed unprecedented strain on the Al Ghabawi landfill, the capital’s only dumping facility. The GAM has seen a significant increase in the amounts of solid waste received, causing the cells at the landfill to be filled faster than expected.
The new funds will support the GAM in constructing a sixth cell to increase the capacity of the Al Ghabawi landfill by 6 million cubic meters, and meet the city’s needs for another three years. The funds will also support the purchase and installatio