Dar es Salaam in garbage disposal conundrum

What you need to know:

  • Garbage collection procedures introduced recently in the Kinondoni municipality of Dares Salaam city have been received with mixed feelings in different quarters, The Citizen established in a random survey.
  • One of the procedural changes in the 20-ward municipality is how and to whom waste collection payments are now made.
  • In the past, garbage collectors were formally contracted by the municipality, whereby they collected garbage in designated areas of the municipality for disposal mainly at the Pugu dumpsite, but also at Mafinga in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.