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The city has also granted permission to Recycle Now to do a pilot project for the separation of domestic garbage at source within selected northern suburbs.
The beverage recovery partnership was approved at the city’s last full council meeting ahead of harmonised elections expected on July 31.
“Council approves the joint venture between itself, HallGroup Pvt Ltd and Vineyard Funeral assurance to reciover beverage containers (cans, plastic and glass bottles) from the environment,” reads part of the minutes.
Target collection points include hotels, restaurants, sports bars, night clubs, takeaways, lodges, sports clubs and bottle stores.
Director of urban planning services Mr Psychology Chiwanga said sucess of the project in the CBD would determine its rollout to residential suburbs.
Mr Chiwanga said initially the project aims at recovering 4 000 tonnes of cans, 3 000 tonnes of pet bottles and 20 000 tonnes glass bottles annually.
The full council urged other companies operating in Harare to join hands with council and enter into similar deals to preserve the environment.
As part of the widening environmental preservation interventions, the city agreed gave permission to Recycle Now to set up a recycling plant at the Pomona garbage dumpsite.
“Permission be granted for Recycle Now to undertake a pilot project for separation of domestic refuse at source at residential areas within the northern selected suburban area,” reads part of the minutes.
Director of Amenities Mr Dombo Chibanda said the company was a fully equipped recycling specialising in removing recyclable materials from commercial organisations, municipalities and private institutions.
The company operates a sister company in Vancouver, Canada.
The company intends to deploy 20 garbage compactors within Harare and deploy two colour coded bins at each of the selected households.
Blue coloured bins would be used to collect recyclable materials while the green coloured bins would receive organic compactible materials to be used for composting.
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