Today marked a major milestone in the implementation of our Transform Freetown – Transforming Lives development agenda! The Kingtom Dumpsite was officially handed over to Sierra Forever Green Ltd – a recycling company that will manage the dumpsite whilst operating a plastics recycling facility. With an expected daily processing capacity of 30 tons of plastic, the recycling facility will create approximately 500 jobs. Many of the informal waste pickers currently in Kingtom will be absorbed into a formal arrangement with greater protections and better incomes.
I am very excited by the demand for plastics that will be generated by the facility which will in turn reduce plastic waste in our city! Keeping Freetown clean is our collective responsibility so Freetonians please comply with the new sanitation bylaws – register with your FCC approved service provider so that your waste doesn’t end up on our streets, gutters or waterways!
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©Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE
