Haags Bosch a model for other landfill sites

Jan 12, 2013 News

Even as the Haags Bosch landfill site is being deemed a work in progress it will also serve as a model for other landfill sites in the other administrative regions.
This is according to Local Government Minister, Norman Whitaker. According to Whitaker the Haags Bosch site is what they would like to see replicated in the other regions. Hence steps are already being made to move in that direction, the Minister said.
“In fact we have already moved in that direction with the assistance of the Environmental Protection Agency and with the support of the Regional Democratic Councils of Regions One, Two and Three and Regions Five to Ten and we have been able in each region to identify one or more landfill sites.”
He added that the Ministry has also started inviting expressions of interest from persons interested in solid waste collection and disposal.
“We have engaged them and we have entered into contractual arrangements that is RDC and contractors in respect of the operations and Ministry of Local Government and RDC with respect to supervision by the RDC of the activities in the Region”.
Whitaker said that even as development continues at the Haags Bosch site the Ministry will continue to seek experience from that model.
“In spite of all the challenges including compaction, odour management, cover and so on we have made significant progress” Whitaker lamented.
The Minister also announced that his Ministry will be reconsidering the closing off hours for the Haags Bosch Landfill site. According to Minister Whitaker they have noticed a buildup of garbage along the road leading to the landfill site.
“After discussion and while the situation may have to do with old attitude, we need to reconsider the opening hours, to see if this is the issue but it must be understood that extending the opening hours will carry a cost and given this cost we will have to engage the contractors and the NDC and municipalities, (even though) not all of them may have the resources to do so,” Whitaker explained.
Further, the Minister said that it is his hope that with the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Bill persons will practice better habits as they relate to the storage and disposal of garbage.
“Whilst the regulation of Chapter 28:01 of the Municipal and District Council Act and the EPA Act and regulation does allow for monitoring and some amount of enforcement, it is the solid waste management bill when it becomes an Act with the authority, that is going to in our view help in a large way to ensure that not only the contractor but the households adhere to the strict regulations and rules under the solid waste collection, storage and disposal”.
The Minister stressed that there is need for those responsible for the enforcement of current legislation to play their role.

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