EMA, partners join hands in drive to restore Harare’s cleanliness

The
appalling
situation
requires
citizens
to
take
responsibility
for
their
actions
and,
therefore,
we
call
on
every
resident,
corporate,
communities
and
business
entities
to
embrace
best
practices
in
waste
management
to
avoid
littering
and
emergence
of
dump
sites.
Geo
Pomona
Waste
Management
Pvt
[Ltd]
is
collecting
waste
from
households
and
business
entities
timeously
according
to
schedule,
but
citizens
continue
to
litter
and
illegally
dump
waste.

In
light
of
the
foregoing,
the
Environmental
Management
Agency,
Geo
Pomona
Waste
Management
Pvt
Ltd
and
City
of
Harare
came
up
with
a
roadmap
which
started
on
the
6^th
of
February
2026
to
address
littering
and
illegal
dumping
of
waste
in
Harare.
The
operation
is
taking
a
collaborative
approach
with
all
the
stakeholders
involved.
To
date,
more
than

205
tickets
have
been
issued
for
littering
in
the
Central
Business
District
of
Harare.
Law
Enforcement
Agencies
in
plain
clothes
are
patrolling
arresting
anyone
caught
littering.
Litter
should
be
placed
in
a
bin
always.

In
terms
of
Environmental
Management
Act
(Chapter
20:27)
section
83
and
Statutory
Instrument
6
of
2007(Effluent
and
Solid
Waste
Disposal).

• No
  person
  shall
  discard,
  dump
  or
  leave
  any
  litter
  on
  any
  land
  or
  water
  surface,
  street,
  road
  except
  in
  a
  container
  provided
  for
  that
  purpose.
• An
  owner
  of
  a
  transport
  conveyance
  shall
  ensure
  that
  no
  litter
  is
  thrown
  from
  his
  transport
  conveyance.
• Any
  person
  or
  authority
  in
  control
  of
  or
  responsible
  for
  the
  maintenance
  of
  any
  place
  shall
  at
  all
  times
  ensure
  containers
  for
  placing
  litter
  are
  in
  place.

The
operation’s
immediate
goal
is
to
make
Harare
City
clean.
 Institutions,
shop
owners,
companies,
vendors,
public
transporters,
passengers
and
the
general
citizenry
who
violate
the
statutory
requirements
on
waste
management
will
be
fined
heavily.

• The
  Environmental
  Management
  Agency
  in
  partnership
  with
  other
  law
  enforcement
  agencies
  in
  Harare
  will
  up-scale
  awareness,
  law
  enforcement
  and
  patrols
  on
  waste
  management.
  The
  main
  targets
  being
  those
  individuals
  who
  litter,
  illegal
  dumping
  of
  waste,
  public
  conveyance
  transport
  operators
  without
  bins,
  individuals
  caught
  throwing
  litter
  through
  the
  window
  of
  vehicles
  and
  shop
  owners
  without
  adequate
  bins
  in
  front
  of
  their
  shops.
• Residents
  of
  Harare
  should
  desist
  from
  dumping
  waste
  at
  undesignated
  sites.

It
is
our
endeavour
to
bring
sanity
within
the
province,
no
place
and
no
one
is
going
to
be
left
behind.
Let’s
embrace
the
notion
that,
a
clean
environment
is
everyone’s
right
and
it
calls
for
responsibility
and
an
active
role
to
achieve
it.

I
thank
you

Leon
Mutungamiri
–EMA
Harare
Provincial
Environmental
Manager

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