Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti municipality has discovered a large network of people stealing, sorting and selling waste on the black market. Expatriates also have a role in this. It is headed by a citizen working in the governorate branch.
Their method is to sort the waste, load it in a lorry and sell it in the black market. Those arrested revealed who was working behind them and how much money they were getting.
A kilo carton costs 70 fils and a tonne costs 700 dinars. Even if it carries only one ton per day, a transport vehicle can earn at least 21,000 dinars per month. Laxity by cleaning companies in monitoring workers also contributed to fraud.
