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<Introduction and background>
This abridged report
presents a highlight of the ‘Promoting clean environment
through environmental education and garbage collection-Lusalira Trading Centre
-Mubende district.’ Project.
This project aimed at Promoting a clean
environment and the objectives were;
2- Promote
good waste disposal practice of sorting and utilization as manure and raw
materials for recycling in Lusalira trading Centre.
3- To enforce
good garbage disposal and environmental cleanliness in Lusalira trading Centre
4- A
community based environmental protection and promotion system and established.
It has been implemented between November 2021 to December 2022. Here below
is a summary of activities and achievements that have been realized and thus
contributed to the attainment of the above aim and objectives.
1. Summary
of each activity
Activity1.1 A
community-based radio communication system established with ability to relay
information and messages via megaphones/loudspeakers to the entire training
Centre
A community -based radio communication systems has been established by
SORAK. SORAK is also able to make use of another community owned megaphones.
These are used continuously to conduct community education and awareness about
garbage management, sorting and importance of maintaining a safe and clean
environment.
Activity 1.2 Thirty
(30) minutes’ daily environmental education talks conducted for 10 months
during the project period
Environmental
education talks have been continuously conducted during the entire project
period and for 10 months as planned in the project. This has had an attendant
effect of creating awareness and making people appreciate the work of SORAK and
her donor-GBN. The community also appreciates the importance of living in a
clean environment that has been created by this project.
Activity 1.3 An
environmental education and awareness raising jingle/spot message aired 5 times
a day for 10 months during the project period
The radio talk shows were supplemented and reinforced by jingles/spot
messages. Having been aired 5 times per day meant that environment promotion
and protection messages kept ringing in the ears of the community. A living in a
clean environment has now become a daily ‘song’ and all people including local
leaders are appreciative of SORAK and GBN for having innovated this project.
Activity 2.1 Ten (10)
garbage containers/skips procured and stationed at 5 different places to encourage
and support garbage sorting and safe disposal.
Ten garbage collection containers were procured and placed at convenient
locations. The community has been introduced to garbage sorting. This has made
it easy for the plastic dealers to take away plastics while the decomposable
garbage is also taken away by farmers to serve as manure in their banana
gardens.
Lusalira trading Centre now has a community based environmental protection
monitoring group composed of local leaders and residents in the community.
These keeps watching of proper garbage disposal and ensure that sorting in
maintained. They also keep watching of the garbage containers. They also
educate others on the project dos and don’ts.
Activity 3.2 Safe garbage disposal by-laws are made and enforced.
SORAK
worked in collaboration with the village and subcounty leaders and came up with
safe garbage disposal by-laws. These are now in place and have helped to keep
the Trading Centre clean. These by-laws are being enforced by an established
community-based monitoring group with backup support from SORAK.
2.
Positive changes and impact
The
following positive changes and impact have been achieved;
· Education
and awareness on safe disposal and alternative use of garbage has been promoted
in Lusalira Trading Centre.
· Good
waste disposal practices of sorting, and use as manure and raw material for
recycling of plastics has been promoted in Lusalira Trading Centre
· There
is now a better and improved garbage disposal and a clean environment of in
Lusalira Trading Centre
· Sites
that were once garbage dumping sites have been now turned into market stalls,
business kiosks among others.
· Increased
income generation opportunity among plastic dealers-These collect and load
trucks on a quarterly basis. Also depends on how soon enough quantities are
collected.
· Increased
soil fertility among decomposable garbage users generated from sorting
· Increased
SORAK and donors’ visibility in the community served
It should
be observed that this project introduced a good idea and garbage management
practices for this fast-growing rural growth Centre.
Management of garbage is one of the routine activities of any urban Centre. It
is therefore hoped that the subcounty local government will continue with the
same activities and in the future provide big trash containers. The example set
by this project has provided lessons for enabling continued action against
garbage in the area with limited or no major challenges.
3.
Challenges
During the 12 months project implementation period, the following
challenges have been faced;
· Slow
adaption to garbage sorting. It was learnt that most people dumping waste were
either children or women who were unable to read inscriptions on the containers
‘dump here plastics, and here non plastics’ neither could they properly
interpret the decomposable and non-decomposable signs.
· It was
realized that the provided containers were too small for the available garbage
being generated on a daily basis. The trading Centre needs bigger garbage skips
than the ones provided.
· Those
people who collect and sell trash are the people who are helping us clean the
area. The subcounty currently does not have a garbage dumping site. So, the
income generated by selling the sorted trash is not for the subcounty neither
for SORAK but for individuals who take part this garbage collection. Without a
governmental collecting and dumping system, it is difficult for the government
to generate income by selling trash and purchase materials for this project
like larger garbage skips etc.
· Generation
of too much plastics and polythene materials. Much of the non-decomposable
waste is polythene papers which are dangerous to the environment. This is a
national concern and problem that requires the complete ban of the use of
polythene and plastic materials countrywide.
4.
Conclusion and recommendations
Following
the completion and successful implementation of this project, the following
conclusion and recommendations are drawn;
The
project has been generally a success as exemplified by a continued state of
overall environmental cleanliness of Lusalira Trading Centre. Community
members, local leaders and SORAK staff are now more sensitive about ensuring
safe garbage disposal. Sites that were once garbage dumping places have been
turned into better uses at market stall centers, kiosks among others.
Community
members have put garbage to other better uses including use as manure and
income generation via sales to plastic dealers for recycling industries that
are located over 170km away from this project area.
It is
therefore recommended as follows;
· Need to
replicate this project to other areas due to the positive impacts achieved
· Need to
provide bigger garbage skips to ensure effective garbage collection
· Need to
advocate for a complete ban of polythene papers and plastics since the dominate
much of the non-decomposable waste in the project area and in Uganda in
general.
· Provide
follow up with the local leaders to ensure that garbage collection containers
are effectively in use.
5.
Photos (Comparing Before and After this
project)
The project impact is illustrated in the photos below. After removing garbage, grass regenerated and land/space use was changed such as a kiosk built. That is because locations/ position looks differently.
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