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Dumpsites Closure Across the Sultanate

Site Closure Area (sq m)
Controlling the Damage Year
of Legacy Practices
1 Al Dakhiliyah Bahla 2015 66,000
A traditional dumpsite is an open space of land The first step towards achieving this goal was to 2 Governorate Al Hamra 2015 48,000
where waste is discarded in a harmful manner. Waste stop use of traditional dumpsites as soon as the
is either dumped in piles, thrown in pits, buried infrastructure in the governorate or the nearest one 3 Izki 2015 108,000
for burning purposes or exposed to scavengers. was ready for operations. 4 Nizwa 2015 200,000
Not only does this practice lead to soil and water
contamination, it adversely affects the health of be’ah continues to follow this strategy as 5 Samail 2015 158,000
people residing in the area through air, water and it further expands its infrastructure. 6 Bidbid 2015 150,000
land borne infections. These dumpsites become the By 2019-end, be’ah had almost completed the
breeding ground for pests. takeover of MSW management operations across 7 Manah 2015 259,000
the country. Now, all generated MSW is sent to 8 Adam 2015 69,000
Overall, they have a negative impact on the the 10 operational engineered landfills and all
environment, ecosystem, health and economy. dumpsites have stopped receiving MSW. 9 Al Buraimi Governorate Buraimi 2017 908,000
There were more than 300 dumpsites across 10 Al Batinah North Khaboura 2017 565,000
Oman, and these were contributing to significant An analysis of dumpsites assessment data Governorate
environmental damage. Hence, it became imperative identified a total of 40 major dumpsites across 11 Suwaiq - Khadhra 2018 1,024,000
to take visionary measures to tackle the challenge. Oman. Of these, 31 major ones have been closed 12 Liwa 2017 500,000
and cleaned up in governorates where be’ah
A key focus for be’ah is to has taken over operations between 2013 till 13 Suhar 2019 3,400.000
the end of 2019. Dumpsites marked for closure
develop strategies that lead to were prioritised using risk analysis approach 14 Al Dhahirah Governorate Ibri 2017 1,022,593
15
Al Batinah South
2018
Rustaq
500,000
environmentally sustainable where impact on health and the surrounding 16 Governorate Musana 2018 335,000
environment were critical deciding factors.
practices and minimize 17 Barka 2016 2,285,458
the damage. 18 Ash Sharqiyah South Al Kamil Wal Wafi 2016 747,442
Governorate
19 Jalan Bani Bu Ali 2016 100,802
20 Al Ashkhara 2016 106,632

21 Masira 2018 354,000
22 Ash Sharqiyah North Mudaybi 2019 39,500
Governorate
23 Sinaw 2019 23,000
24 Ibra 2019 168,555
25 Bidiyah 2019 289,000

26 Dhofar Mirbat 2018 140,000

27 Taqa 2017 122,000
28 Raysut 2018 1,360,000
29 Shalim 2019 23,000

30 Al Mazyunah 2019 29,554
31 Musandam Daba 2019 25,258

Total area covered (sq m) 11,730,194

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