Mr Mwale said this would be done through a public-private partnership (PPP) system in Lusaka, and will be scaled up on the Copperbelt where a feasibility study is being undertaken by a Finnish developer.
He said local authorities, and the nation at large, also stand to benefit from recycling of waste through job creation and conservation of non-renewable resources.
Mr Mwale said this yesterday in a speech read for him by Ministry of Local Government permanent secretary Amos Malupenga at the solid waste management symposium under the theme: “Moving from waste management to resource management within a circular economy.”
Mr Mwale, who is also Chipangali member of Parliament (MP), is happy that the country is making progress in developing waste management policies and strategies.
“Indeed, the use of economic instruments and implementation of polluter-pays principles in waste management are yet to be fully realised in Zambia,” he said.
Mr Mwale said the gap between existing legislation and actual waste management practices is widening due to continuing capacity constraints and lack of waste management facilities for various waste streams.
“It is for this reason that resource-efficient and cleaner production has become a feasible best practice for reducing waste to bring waste management into the circular economy,” he said.
Mr Mwale reiterated Government’s commitment to use the project to transform waste into a resource.
He said the growing challenge of waste management has been due to rapid growth in economic activity and population, as well as the increasing burden on municipal budgets.
Mr Mwale said waste management practices and widespread dumping of waste in drainage systems and open spaces aggravate the problems of low sanitation levels in the country.
He said as a result, some communities, especially in peri-urban areas, have continued to experience increased cases of preventable diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid
That is the only move that will clean up Zambia. In aussie many developed countries they already do that.
Its strange that this is now been done by the Finnish developer. I started advocating about this from the UK and provided detailed white paper on waste to energy to energy ministry, the HC in london and various stake holders . Basically someone has cut me out the deal!!!!!!
Dreaming costs nothing.
Anither oress release for IMF and international community…… zambia stiil dumps effluent into rivers. In australia they filter , take the solids out and heat the solids in furnace and rhe finished product is used as safe organic fertilizer.
The fluids are treated and rhen pumped back into acquifer and becomes water for future use.
Zambia cannot do because no reliable power supply and we are too busy politicking to FOCUS on our future.
HH oval head enjoy you ausdie trip . Where in aust are you. Australi6 10 times larger than Zambia dont get lost
I’ve lived in aussie for more than ten years. What can you tell me.
Sarcasm becomes you, try harder next time. Yes zambian government is in the progress of doing …… a lot of things.
HH head… if you have lived in australia for ten years then you should be able to contribute positive ideas that benefit zambia rather then play politics to pamper your ego.
Its strange that this is now been done by the Finnish developer. I started advocating about this from the UK and provided detailed white paper on waste to energy to energy ministry, the HC in london and various stake holders . Basically someone has cut me out the deal!!!!!!
Lombe…….all announcements are about timing and the percerception that zambia is moving forward.
Did you offer a kickback. All ideas must come from government sure ypu know that by now did u get the name of the finnish company
Masalamuso, I tried to ensure that we had a level playing field. I guess I didn’t offer a kick back soon enough, but its disappointing to hear things that were never discussed before all of a sudden are taking centre stage in someone’s name, albeit I maybe speculating. I had dialogue with the minister of energy, the PS, took a small delegation to the HC in London and was simply waiting for the next steps. Just goes to show how doing business in zambia can be complicated. Thanks for your reply though