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City of Harare launches anti-litter campaign
Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
March 01, 2012

The CHRA welcomes the move by the Harare City Council to launch an anti-littering campaign at fourth street bus terminus in a bid to raise awareness and educate residents on basic waste management practices. The Mayor of Harare Muchadeyi Masunda, Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi, Director of Waste management Mr Chibanda, the City of Harare environment Committee and the Combined Harare Residents Association were part of the campaign team. The campaign was also supported by Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and Mega Pak. The awareness is part of the City's 2012 Action plan of improving service delivery which was presented to the Minister of Local Government Rural and Urban Development, Dr. Ignatius Chombo. Other campaigns will be conducted in Harare Suburbs.

The campaign mainly focused on the three areas which are; Reduce, Recycle and Reuse as the panacea to the current waste management challenges bedevilling the City. However, vendors, touts and commuter omnibus operators highlighted that the city fathers must cease harassing vendors and provide more vending stalls to reduce indiscriminate littering. The programme came at a time when the city of Harare has been grappling with waste management challenges which have been linked to the current diarrheal disease outbreaks in most high density suburbs were huge dumpsites are emerging.

On the sidelines of the campaign Environmentalists reiterated that the challenges of waste management were caused by lack of education, awareness and uncoordinated efforts from stakeholders and development agencies. Meanwhile the Combined Harare Residents Association recommends that the City of Harare increase spending on service delivery as a way to curb disease outbreaks in communities especially on the area of refuse collection, water supply and local clinics.

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