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Mozambique produces 4.2 million tonnes of waste annually, but only 1% is recycled through informal networks. The government wants to reverse this situation with a €24 million project to invest in three recycling infrastructures.
Mozambique President Chapo called for safeguarding environmental and social issues in projects financed by public funds, justifying that the demands should be considered an “effort” to make investments “more resilient” to natural disasters.
Mozambique produces 4.2 million tonnes of waste annually, but only 1% is recycled through informal networks. The government wants to reverse this situation with a €24 million project to invest in three recycling infrastructures.
This waste reaches a record high in Maputo city, with around half a kilogram produced every day by each inhabitant of the capital, most of which is burnt in rubbish dumps, explained the national director for the environment, Guilhermina Amurane, at the same ceremony.
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Mozambique’s government launched the ValoRe sustainable waste management programme in 2019 to increase the amount of urban waste reused, recycled, or treated in the country.
