Senegal/Waste management: A new company takes over the garbage

Published on 16/04/2021 | La rédaction

Senegal

The issue of garbage disposal is a serious problem. If the Ucg has been set up, the State is working on the creation of a company called the Senegalese Waste Management to address the issue of public hygiene. "Most importantly, the Ucg is already doing a good job, but it must be consolidated.

We are in the process of setting up a Senegalese waste management company. We have decided to go further. To make a mutation of the Ucg to go towards the Senegalese of management of waste which will more widely in relation with the mayors, the ministry of the territorial communities to find a means of balance so that no competence is encroached", reveals Abdoulaye Sow. This will be built on the achievements of the Ucg. "It will be a limited company. We have widely discussed this issue with the Minister of Local Government. We will continue discussions with other ministries. When this company will be established, it will allow to largely take charge of the issue of plastic waste", announces the Minister of Urban Planning, who recalls that the major problem of the fight against plastic waste is the scarcity of means. "The Ucg is giving a hand to all local authorities in the country. Previously it was simply located in Dakar, today the Ucg is in the whole country to help local communities to take charge of this competence," he said.

Source: lequotidien .sn


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