Chad has adopted its first National Circular Economy Roadmap (2025–2035), a strategy aimed at embedding resource efficiency into the country’s broader economic development model.
Backed by the African Development Bank’s Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF), the roadmap reframes waste management as part of a systemic transition—linking production, consumption, and resource recovery to green job creation, energy access, and climate resilience. The plan aligns with Vision 2030 – The Chad We Want and builds on long-standing informal reuse practices, such as neighborhood bottle collection, by formalizing them into national policy with clear governance and measurable targets.
The government’s targets are ambitious: by 2035, reduce non-recycled waste by 40%, create over 25,000 green jobs, and bring electricity access closer to the African median—with biomass and organic waste recovery playing a key role. Six sectors are identified as priorities: agri-food, waste, plastics, construction, water, and energy. Planned interventions include “circular farms” inspired by Benin’s Songhai Center, where agriculture, energy, and water systems operate in closed loops, and youth-led recycling enterprises producing construction materials from plastic waste.
These sectoral strategies respond to structural challenges—electricity access remains below 12%, food insecurity affects 3.7 million people, and post-harvest losses surpass 200,000 tons annually—by integrating waste valorization into food, water, and energy systems.
The roadmap’s rollout is part of a continental push for circularity, with similar national strategies emerging in Benin, Cameroon, and Ethiopia under the African Circular Economy Alliance framework. In Chad, implementation will hinge on aligning the plan with the country’s broader investment agenda and IMF-backed reforms, ensuring infrastructure spending adopts low-carbon materials, waste-to-energy facilities, and sustainable building standards.
The government has established a dedicated technical committee and convened national workshops to drive coordination among public, private, and civil society actors.
