Calls for Stricter Oversight on the Scrap, Industrial, and Military Waste Trade in Iraq

The trade of scrap, industrial, and military waste in Iraq has turned into a sector generating billions of dinars, amid widespread controversy regarding transportation and sales mechanisms and the benefiting parties. While these materials are considered a recyclable national wealth globally, Iraqi institutions face accusations of regulatory loopholes that allow the dismantling of usable assets and equipment to be sold at low prices. Parliamentary sources and industrial experts emphasized the need to form supreme committees to investigate the transport and classification of scrap, warning against the exploitation of administrative corruption to make illicit profits. The sources noted that several cases are currently under investigation by regulatory bodies, necessitating firm governmental intervention to protect the state's economic resources.