Geo Pomona Waste Management Private Limited is planning to replicate the project in other cities, and other SADC countries using the same concept we did in Harare, our Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Dilesh Nguwaya has said.
Dr Nguwaya said the company was guaranteed by the Government of Zimbabwe and granted the national project status.
He said the project was progressing well and so far, the company have employed 162 people and 60 contractors.
“This project is a footprint of His Excellency President Dr E.D Mnangagwa; he is the one who gave us guidance to make sure we run the site in a good way,” said Dr Nguwaya.
Geo Pomona’s Civil Engineer Nyasha Chipfupa explained that the weighbridge was the first point of entry into the waste management site in Pomona.
“Trucks come in from different players be it from the City of Harare and private players. At the weighbridge, we measure the amount of waste coming into the site before it tips off the waste. We also produce concrete at the site that is desired at the project, this a 60 cubic metre per hour batch plant which we imported from India,” he said.
“We have hazardous waste landfills; we have two types of landfills, that is solid waste landfill and liquid waste landfill. We intend to protect the environment by all means necessary. The landfills are designed to protect the environment in that no hazardous liquid waste should flow to contaminate groundwater.”
Engineer Chipfupa also said there was the sorting plant where the refuse trucks offload the waste.
The purpose of the sorting plant is responsible for the four Rs; that is, Reduce, Re-use, Recycling and Recover energy, he added.
An engineer at the Pomona site Simbarashe Muchena said there were two ponds; one for clean and another for dirty water.
“The ponds are constructed the same way the landfills are built to protect the environment,” he said.
Our Public Relations and Marketing Manager Siphathisiwe Masuku said there was a soccer pitch, two tennis and two basketball courts, which are open to the public.
“Anyone can actually come to play here at no charge. We are also going to build a restaurant and changing rooms because when people come here, they will play their games, shower and change afterwards. That’s what we have in terms of recreational facilities,” she said.
