{"id":53976,"date":"2023-09-19T08:49:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management"},"modified":"2023-09-19T08:58:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:58:26","slug":"namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management","title":{"rendered":"Namibia takes action to improve waste management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia made a commitment on Saturday to address its pressing waste management challenges that have long plagued the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on World Cleanup Day, which fell on Saturday, Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, stated that the current waste management situation in Namibia is unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany settlements, villages, towns, and municipalities lack proper landfills and instead use dumpsites for waste disposal. We are aware of efforts by some local authorities to find different ways of disposing of residential and domestic waste, but this remains a major challenge,\u201d Shifeta said.<\/p>\n<p>Shifeta said that the Namibian government is committed to developing a sustainable waste management system that will protect the environment and public health. He added that the government is working on a number of initiatives to improve waste management in the country, including:<\/p>\n<p>Shifeta called on all Namibians to play their role in improving waste management in the country. He urged people to reduce their waste production, recycle and compost whenever possible, and dispose of their waste properly.<\/p>\n<p><b>Challenges<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the challenges mentioned by Shifeta, Namibia also faces a number of other challenges in waste management, including:<\/p>\n<p><b>Opportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, there are also a number of opportunities to improve waste management in Namibia. These include:<\/p>\n<p>By addressing the challenges and seizing the opportunities, Namibia can develop a sustainable waste management system that will protect the environment and public health. <b>(Xinhua)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Namibia made a commitment on Saturday to address its pressing waste management challenges that have long plagued the nation. Speaking on World Cleanup Day, which fell on Saturday, Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, stated that the current waste management situation in Namibia is unsatisfactory. \u201cMany settlements, villages, towns, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-53976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia takes action to improve waste management - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Namibia made a commitment on Saturday to address its pressing waste management challenges that have long plagued the nat ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Namibia takes action to improve waste management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Namibia made a commitment on Saturday to address its pressing waste management challenges that have long plagued the nat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T08:49:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T08:58:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695101234.551064.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Namibia takes action to improve waste management\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-19T08:49:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-19T08:58:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695101234.551064.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-takes-action-to-improve-waste-management\",\"name\":\"Namibia takes action to improve waste management - 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