Clean and waste-free Bujumbura (Development Phase)

In Bujumbura, solid waste is piled in the streets or littered in and around the neighbourhoods. Only a minor part of the produced waste is offered to an existing dumping site the majority is dumped uncontrolled and illegally. In addition, the area of the existing dumping site and surroundings is very close to Lake Tanganyika and pollution from the dump seeps down to the lake. Burundi is therefore one of the biggest polluters of Lake Tanganyika which is estimated to be the worlds second biggest fresh water lake. If this problem is not addressed and solved the volume of uncontrolled waste will increase further leading to a further increase of infectious diseases and of the pollution of soil drinking and ground water and Lake Tanganyika.This project can be divided into three main subprojects: - In the first phase a clean and safe landfill will be designed and constructed- In the second phase a waste system and infrastructure for the collecting separation transporting and dumping of waste will be designed and implemented.Also, in the second phase a professional waste department (including capacity building) will be set up to execute and to manage this system and the related infrastructure. This management set-up will also include a fee-collecting system that makes the waste system financially sustainable after the ORIO-period.