Revised waste management legislation underway

The waste management policy will adress existing gaps and deficiances in the system
The waste management policy will adress existing gaps and deficiances in the system

The waste management sector would soon have an overarching waste management legislation moving away from the current Environmental Management Act.

The policy will address existing gaps and deficiencies in the system, authorities have said.

In the face of waste management challenges in the country exacerbated by population growth, ubarnisation, industrialisation as well as consumer behaviour lifestyles, it is increasingly becoming difficult to manage and tap economic benefit from waste.

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