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Rabat- The British Ambassador to Morocco, Thomas Reilly, expressed distaste at the litter surrounding the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah dam in Rabat.
Reilly could not fully enjoy his stroll around the lake, as he wrote on his Twitter account on Monday:
“We went this morning for a walk with our dogs near the dam lake [in Rabat], a very beautiful and peaceful place…but the place was ruined by plastic waste, sandwich leftover, bottles and garbage.”
Reilly was pained that the people who went to the lake to spend the weekend had thrown their trash on the ground without a second thought.
“It was honestly appalling, Morocco deserves better than that!” he said.
1/2: Nous sommes allés ce matin pour une promenade avec nos chiens à côté du lac du barrage près de #Rabat. Un endroit très beau et tranquil pic.twitter.com/QgxgDpxsdN
— Thomas Reilly (@TSAReilly) June 18, 2018
2) mais l’endroit a été ruiné par les déchets en plastique, les restes de sandwichs, les bouteilles et des ordures que des gens qui sont venus y passer le week-end avaient jetés sans y penser les ramasser. C’était franchement dégoûtant. #Maroc mérite mieux que ça!
— Thomas Reilly (@TSAReilly) June 18, 2018
The lake of the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah reservoir dam is under the responsibility of the the ministry in charge of water.
The specter of plastic bags is prevalent in Morocco
Authorities have warned of the dangers plastic bags pose to the environment. Despite the ban on plastic bag production in Morocco, some small factories continue to produce them, especially in Casablanca, according to Morocco’s Assabah newspaper.
In March, authorities seized nearly 2.96 tons of banned plastic bags intended for sale in a warehouse in Tangier.
In July 2016, Morocco launched a new legislation “zero mika” or “zero plastic bags,” making it one of the first countries in Africa to impose a ban on plastic bags.
