CWA TAKES GIANT STEP IN ADDRESSING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES

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COMMUNITY Water Alliance (CWA) has moved a giant step towards addressing solid waste management challenges emanating from high volumes of solid waste generated within Harare suburbs.

CWA has purchased state-of- art machines that will be used by the Glen View community for waste recycling.

Their thrust is to remove waste from the source, through the introduction of a 4R Model – Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Recover.

Hardlife Mudzingwa, the Executive Founder for CWA, said solid waste was increasing faster than the expansion of solid waste management control measures.

“There is need for improvements on financial and technical resources needed to go with this growth.

“Solid waste management challenges in Harare are a result of failure of the linear non-cyclical way of treating solid waste, which is anchored on the ‘collect, transport and throw-away’ approach, which views solid waste as an evil left-over rather than being part of cycle of production, consumption and recovery.”

He said in this intervention, they intend to work with women, who have carried the burden on solid waste management.

“We want to empower women hence they are the ones who are going to use these machines for waste recycling and we are certain they will earn a living out of this.

“We intend to strengthen low-carbon care systems and practices in a holistic manner that will help Harare communities to be better prepared to manage impacts of methane emissions in a gender transformative way,” he said.

He added:

“There is a need for financial backup to support the construction of community based waste recovery and recycling infrastructure for composting of biodegradable waste and recycling of plastic and paper.

“We are committed to this cause and we are grateful and hopeful that our partnership with the City of Harare will mitigate solid waste management challenges in the city,” he said.

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