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The Freetown City Council (FCC) will enforce new sanitation byelaws aimed at improving garbage management across the city. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr stated that the laws came into effect after passing through Parliament unopposed for the required 21-day period.
The bylaws require every citizen to register with approved trash vendors for a fee. In distant places, community garbage cans will be given. Noncompliance will result in a fine of 5,000 New Leones. The FCC is hiring 50 more Metropolitan Police officers and launching a public awareness campaign, to enhance enforcement.
“The waste service providers have now gone on a bidding process and will be providing those services on a block level.” Aki Sawyerr said. “The fine for non registration is 5000 new Leone. And we at FCC are recruiting 50 more Metropolitan police with focus on the enforcement of the bye-laws.”
During a visit by C40 Cities Executive Director Mark Watts, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr explained the involvement of the network in climate measures, including as finance and technical assistance for a proposed cable car project and the successful “Freetown” reforestation campaign.
Executive Director Mark Watts applauded the Freetown City Council’s initiatives and pointed out the C40’s focus on assisting cities in developing sustainable infrastructure and addressing climate change.
The one and only way to manage garbage in Freetown is by payment for it. Council and Central government should make funds available to buy garbage.