GCC Offers Cash For Trash

Gaborone Mayor Father Maphongo PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Gaborone Mayor Father Maphongo PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

As a way of keeping Gaborone clean, Gaborone City Council (GCC) has come up with a new strategy by offering monetary rewards to those who assist the municipality in the city’s clean up.

The new initiative ‘Fill up the bag campaign’ will take place on Friday at the Gaborone bus rank. Those who participate will pocket P30 for each black plastic trash bag filled with waste.

This is the first time GCC has come up with the idea in an effort to keep the city clean.

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