Livelihood Reports Al Amrikeya Area - Final Assessment | Page 247

8.1
Level
• Technical Level
APPENDIX I: SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROPOSAL
Alternative Recommendations
Remarks
1- Improve the current waste collec- Responsibility of the
tion and street cleaning services: City Management
• Increase Waste Collection
and equipment/facilities
containers). Clean vacant
and around current waste
tion points.
Points
(waste
areas,
collec-
• Have a day waste collection service
to keep the area clean during day
time
• Improve street cleaning service
and pave unpaved roads to make
the service provision easier.
2- Sort waste at source:
Encourage commercial establishments to
segregate their waste at source into two
categories: dry (paper, glass, plastic) and
wet (food waste and leftovers) to be stored
in different containers and collected by dif-
ferent service providers (e.g. private sector Responsibility of the
for the dry portion and the municipality / community
its private company for the wet portion.
3- Establish a waste trading point
(shop or mobile wagon(s):
To buy recyclable waste material from the
residential and administrative units to be
sold later to waste tradesmen or recyclers
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