Geo Pomona hazardous waste landfill nears completion

A DELEGATION from FIFA will soon certify a state-of-the-art football pitch being built by Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd at Pomona in Harare as part of its up-market recreation facility, with the football section set for completion in a week’s time.

Mr. Dilesh Nguwaya, the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Geo Pomona Waste Management, stated that significant progress was being made at the once unsightly location.

We are building a cutting-edge recreational facility for the recreational area, which will include a tennis court, basketball court, soccer field, changing areas, and restaurant. These are advanced, he said, with materials arriving from Europe for the basketball and tennis courts in addition to the soccer field.

By the end of June, a sorting facility at the dumpsite itself will be finished. Its purpose is to separate recyclable material.

On the property, three landfills will be used for municipal rubbish, or ashes, and one will be used for hazardous waste.

There are plans to build a water treatment plant that will be utilized for both irrigation and the waste-to-energy facility.

"To ensure that the area is kept green and beautiful, water from this water treatment plant will be purified and used for irrigation of the lawn, flowers, and trees," Mr. Nguwaya stated.

Operation Chenesa Harare Solid Waste Management Blitz involves Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd as well.

Nearly 4,000 tons of solid waste were delivered to Geo Pomona in the first week of operation, increasing the amount of garbage that can be stored for use in energy production.

Mbare, Dzivaresekwa, and Highfield—highly dense suburbs—were the primary sources of solid trash.

As part of a two-pronged assault on the city's cholera hotspots, the government started the effort to remove accumulated rubbish in Harare; the other part involved increasing the city's water supply.

The two programs were implemented in response to the Harare Metropolitan province's increasing cholera case count.

Huge piles of uncollected waste were cleared out of Harare using trucks and earthmoving equipment, and emergency funding was secured to purchase chemicals for the city's still-inadequate water treatment plants, guaranteeing the city had access to the minimal amount of clean water for human consumption.

Mr Nguwaya said the waste management company worked hand-in-glove with the Government to ensure waste is collected and processed.

"To stop the threat of uncollected waste affecting Harare, the Government of Zimbabwe launched the Chenesa Harare Solid Waste Management Blitz."The goal of the operation was to close the waste management gaps that had arisen when Vice President Constantino Chiwenga visited Mbare. The frenzy began on January 5. Geo Pomona collaborated closely with the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works during this blitz, recording and tracking the truckloads and tons that each truck brought to the site via the National Civil Protection command center.