Danish company to help Uganda turn trash to treasure

November 25, 2018 |

In Uganda, Iganga municipal leaders invited Danish bio-engineering firm Transform, working through its subsidiary firm, Biofertiliser Africa, to help convert their overflowing trash into biofertilizers. The bustling town has about 54,000 people with quite a bit of waste generation that needs to be dealt with.

Iganga deputy mayor Enock Ngazula told The Observer that they generate between nine and 12 tons of solid waste daily and the waste is projected to hit between 45 and 60 tons per day once the council borders are expanded. About 80% of the waste is biodegradable and dumped into a temporary dumping site, but a lack of funding and only one functioning trash truck is taking its toll on residents who are unhappy with inadequate trash collection.

“The good thing about this project, it does not need a landfill as is the case with other garbage disposal facilities. The garbage is expected to be consumed as soon as it is delivered at the factory,” Transform country director, Abdul Dedya told The Observer.

 

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