O Conselho Municipal da Cidade de Maputo pretende reduzir a taxa de lixo cobrada aos munícipes, principalmente aqueles considerados de baixa renda. As taxas de lixo são cobradas aos munícipes no acto de compra de energia eléctrica pela primeira vez no mês. Actualmente, a taxa mínima cobrada é de 20 meticais. Isto equivale a considerar...
This Saturday (18), the city of Pemba received new equipment and modern materials for solid waste collection. The handover took place as part of the celebrations for the 67th anniversary of its elevation to city status. The equipment, estimated at more than 1.2 million dollars, was donated by the United Nations Program...
Mozambique will benefit from 4,867,139 US dollars from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to finance e-waste management projects. The amount, which is part of the approximately 10 million that the GEF has made available to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, could be available from...
The Maputo City Council yesterday suspended the collection and deposit of solid waste at the Hulene dump, due to protests by waste pickers. A note from the council said that the group created the unrest because of the death of one of their colleagues, whose body was found last Saturday. O...
Maputo City Council says that the garbage situation, which for some months had been infesting the city and creating discomfort for residents of the capital and beyond, is under control. The information is provided by the Municipal Health Director, quoted in a publication in the newspaper "O País". According to the source, the municipality...
The Municipality of Maputo is receiving a range of support from other municipalities to help with the collection of solid waste, as part of a twinning agreement (inter-municipal cooperation). In this context, we highlight the support of the Chimoio Municipal Council, in Manica, which has made 10 tipper trucks available. "The integration of these trucks will have an immediate impact...
Maputo City Council has lost a fleet of six waste collection units due to the violent demonstrations taking place in the country. Rasaque Manhique, president of the Maputo City Council, was quoted by Rádio Moçambique as saying that the situation, combined with the destruction of containers, reduces the capacity to collect solid waste. Manhique was speaking this...
The Municipality of Maputo has a deficit of 30 million Meticais for garbage collection in all the neighborhoods of Maputo. In other words, the municipality manages to collect only 14 million Meticais a month out of the 44 million Meticais needed each month for this activity. "At the moment, we have a monthly bill resulting from primary collection of around...
The Municipality of Maputo is not collecting garbage in some neighborhoods due to a lack of money to pay debts to companies that provide the service. This has turned these neighborhoods into garbage dumps, which is a threat to the public health of residents. Meanwhile, the councillor for Infrastructure and Health, João Munguambe says...
Maputo City Council owes more than 160 million meticais to the companies contracted to collect and manage solid waste "garbage", and the municipality is making efforts to clean up the "stain". This debt is a legacy of the previous administration led by Eneas Comiche, relating to the months between February...