By
TODAGIA
KELOLA
PAPUA New Guinea has huge issues in relation to the disposal of its
waste and
rubbish that is being generated and produced daily.
That’s from a qualified waste management expert who said the country, and especially the National Capital District, is sitting on a waste “time bomb” that may explode shortly and will be very detrimental to the country and city unless authorities start becoming proactive.
Owner of one of PNG’s prominent waste management companies Eco Care Engineering Limited, Dennis Kai raised this concern last week. He said authorities must start doing something now because the economy is growing at a rapid rate. Even though we will be flush with cash we will have a problem with our waste.
He said currently there is no waste management strategy in place to take care of the waste and rubbish that will be generated.
“Why I have come out is because someone needs to take a proactive measure against waste management in the city. Not only waste in NCD but the country as a whole, we are sitting on a time bomb.
“Now there’s a lot of waste being produced, the economy has improved. In the city alone we have construction work going on, we see a lot of new business popping up.
“We see a lot of industrial developments happening and apart from wastes that these activities produce, we also have a population boom in the city with huge migration of people from the rural areas to the urban centres.
“With that you are expecting a huge volume of waste being generated,” he said.
He stated that someone needs to take a proactive measure in controlling all this waste.
“In NCD alone we see a lot of waste been produced in the household, on the streets, street vendors and big business companies.
“NCD Governor Powes Parkop wants people to change their attitude towards the disposal of rubbish in the city, but what we’ve been doing is just preaching and hoping that people will change their mindsets and attitudes.
“But in PNG it will never work unless we start somewhere.”
He explained that in PNG if we have clean places with rubbish bins people will respect it and dispose their rubbish responsibly.
Those who chew betelnut or make rubbish when they visit that particular area will be compelled to dispose their rubbish in a proper bin.
“We need to adequately manage waste in the city, starting from collection to segregation all the way to management. If we have that kind of approach people will respect it, and will dispose their waste properly,” he said.
“Right now collection of rubbish is on an adhoc basis, there is no plans in place for the source of the waste.
“The collection stage of it, the segregation bit of it and the disposal bit of it,” he said.
Mr Kai suggested that we should look at the three “Rs” Re-use Re-cycle and Refuse.
“So where do we take them to when we collect them, we should take them to a proper landfill,” he said.
“We need to come up with a proper landfill in the city, we cannot continuously use Baruni dump. Its already an eyesore to the international community.
“Firstly developers want to comply with standards how can we comply with standards when we have a tipping dump like Baruni with our own citizens becoming scavengers.”
That’s from a qualified waste management expert who said the country, and especially the National Capital District, is sitting on a waste “time bomb” that may explode shortly and will be very detrimental to the country and city unless authorities start becoming proactive.
Owner of one of PNG’s prominent waste management companies Eco Care Engineering Limited, Dennis Kai raised this concern last week. He said authorities must start doing something now because the economy is growing at a rapid rate. Even though we will be flush with cash we will have a problem with our waste.
He said currently there is no waste management strategy in place to take care of the waste and rubbish that will be generated.
“Why I have come out is because someone needs to take a proactive measure against waste management in the city. Not only waste in NCD but the country as a whole, we are sitting on a time bomb.
“Now there’s a lot of waste being produced, the economy has improved. In the city alone we have construction work going on, we see a lot of new business popping up.
“We see a lot of industrial developments happening and apart from wastes that these activities produce, we also have a population boom in the city with huge migration of people from the rural areas to the urban centres.
“With that you are expecting a huge volume of waste being generated,” he said.
He stated that someone needs to take a proactive measure in controlling all this waste.
“In NCD alone we see a lot of waste been produced in the household, on the streets, street vendors and big business companies.
“NCD Governor Powes Parkop wants people to change their attitude towards the disposal of rubbish in the city, but what we’ve been doing is just preaching and hoping that people will change their mindsets and attitudes.
“But in PNG it will never work unless we start somewhere.”
He explained that in PNG if we have clean places with rubbish bins people will respect it and dispose their rubbish responsibly.
Those who chew betelnut or make rubbish when they visit that particular area will be compelled to dispose their rubbish in a proper bin.
“We need to adequately manage waste in the city, starting from collection to segregation all the way to management. If we have that kind of approach people will respect it, and will dispose their waste properly,” he said.
“Right now collection of rubbish is on an adhoc basis, there is no plans in place for the source of the waste.
“The collection stage of it, the segregation bit of it and the disposal bit of it,” he said.
Mr Kai suggested that we should look at the three “Rs” Re-use Re-cycle and Refuse.
“So where do we take them to when we collect them, we should take them to a proper landfill,” he said.
“We need to come up with a proper landfill in the city, we cannot continuously use Baruni dump. Its already an eyesore to the international community.
“Firstly developers want to comply with standards how can we comply with standards when we have a tipping dump like Baruni with our own citizens becoming scavengers.”
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