Africa-Press – South-Sudan. With the daily growth of solid waste attributable to population increase, the East Africa Go-Green, in collaboration with the Juba City Council, has announced a plan to collect data on waste in the capital, Juba, effective Monday.
This, according to the company, will help put in place waste control materials as the country enters into the rainy season that requires proper management of waste products harmful to human health.
Goaner Timothy Tutlam, the East Africa Go-Green Managing Director, said over 10,000 dustbins and one million garbage bags were ready for distribution in homes, companies, and institutions.
However, he said there was a need for scientific information to inform the public about the planned exercise.
“The data collection is to help our operation plan because some homes may require garbage collection twice a week or every day. So, without data collection, we will not be able to deliver the service, “Mr. Goaner stated.“I am calling on the public to cooperate with our operation team who will go from house to house collecting the information so that only by collecting accurate data that will help us to distribute the bins and bags that we have now because some homes may want two or more bags or bins,” he added.
According to Mr. Goaner, the preliminary data shows that Juba City generates 17 million kilogrammes of solid waste daily, with 75 per cent of the city population living with malaria parasites, especially among children under five years of age.
He said Go-Green had purchased 24 sophisticated waste management trucks with an overall capacity of 73 million kilogrammes, more than the daily quantity of waste the city produces and was expected to arrive in Juba in a week.“The trucks probably should be here next week because they will leave Mombasa for Juba tomorrow (Wednesday). Once they arrive, we will launch the garbage collection,” said Mr Goaner.
The 10-year project with the Juba City Council not only deals with waste control and management but will also prevent mosquitoes, and construct portable latrines and liquid waste management within cities and populated areas across South Sudan.
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