adminAshley Mujoma
Harare City Council says it is unable to collect refuse during the day at bus terminuses because they would be choked by buses and kombis.
In a statement, council said it was impossible to collect garbage at Copacabana, Market Square, Charge Office, 4th Street and Rezende because they would be inaccessible.
“The situation at the mentioned areas has led to city council employees having to clear these bus termini skip points of waste during the night when accessibility is better.
“Council efforts are being hampered by private players who are collecting refuse from residential areas and dumping waste at these points to avoid paying fees at Pomona, while shop owners and tenants are adding to this dilemma by using street kids to dump waste at these points.
“Shop owners are not permitted to dump their waste at these skip points, but to have the requisite number of waste storage bins,” reads the statement
The Council said it constantly deploys refuse compactors in the Central Business District daily and shop owners should put their bins in service lanes for collection by refuse trucks.
“Shop owners are also expected to ensure that service lanes are accessible for refuse compactors.
“The City will from now be rigorously escalating its efforts to enforce anti-litter bylaw number 30 of 2016. There will be heavy penalties for those caught on the wrong side, and shop owners will lose their business licences.
“All those involved in legal and illegal vending are expected to ensure that the places, where they are operating from, are clean and free of litter.
“Vehicle shells parked in the CBD and car parks throughout the City will be disposed of in terms of the anti-litter bylaw.”
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