The City of Windhoek (CoW) council has approved a N$303-million Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) to govern all waste management activities and processes within the Capital.
“The objective of the Solid Waste Management Policy is to provide overall strategic direction to waste management within the City. The Municipal Council of Windhoek recognises that a clean environment is an integral part of a functional society and is instrumental in attracting economic activity to the City, and must therefore be conserved at all costs,” the city said.
The approval comes as the municipality secured N$36.8 million in funding from the European Union (EU) towards the City’s solid waste management initiative.
The project is a result of the agreement signed between the city of Bremen, Germany and Windhoek in January this year and expected to recycle 2,000 tonnes of waste, with 100 monthly drop offs per month by 2025.
The waste buy-back centre will be constructed in Katutura along the Hans-Dietrich Genscher Street with the aim of recycling, packaging waste, landfill and solid waste management.
The Windhoek Municipal Council also approved the Windhoek Economic Development (WED) Strategy for the 2022-2027 period.
The strategy proposes six strategic pillars, namely: agriculture and agro-processing, informal sector, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) development, tourism, transport and logistics and social development.
