{"id":3043,"date":"2024-12-11T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2024-12-11T20:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:48:33","slug":"geo-pomona-team-visit-lesotho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/?p=3043","title":{"rendered":"Geo Pomona Team Visit Lesotho\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our team visited the Tsoeneng landfill in Lesotho on Wednesday to assess the waste management challenges faced by the Maseru Municipal Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed landfill site spans 39 hectares, intended to replace the current dumpsite situated uncomfortably close to residential areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The council’s goal is to establish a properly engineered landfill at the new site.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the visit, it was noted that the council manages two primary types of waste: general waste and hazardous industrial sludge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the absence of a landfill in Lesotho has created significant challenges in handling and disposing of these waste streams effectively.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The operational inefficiencies were evident, with the refuse collection fleet being severely outdated\u2014compactor trucks last procured in 2007 were still in use and are no longer effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, decentralisation has compounded the challenges, making coordination and monitoring of waste management efforts difficult.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another critical issue observed was the lack of municipal by-laws to enforce waste management practices. This regulatory gap has led to widespread non-compliance from the community, further exacerbating waste management challenges.  Overall, the visit highlighted the urgent need for intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Visit to Tsosane Dumpsite, Maseru, Lesotho<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team also visited the Tsosane dumpsite, located within a residential area in Maseru. This dumpsite presented several concerning observations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022A significant number of waste pickers were seen operating at the site without any form of protective clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The waste pickers lacked essential safety gear such as masks, gloves, or proper footwear, exposing them to hazardous materials and unsafe working conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The proximity of the dumpsite to residential areas poses a serious health and environmental risk to the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another critical issue observed was the lack of municipal by-laws to enforce waste management practices. This regulatory gap has led to widespread non-compliance from the community, further exacerbating waste management challenges.\u00a0\u00a0Overall, the visit highlighted the urgent need for intervention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[34,60,29,44],"class_list":["post-3043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-landfills","tag-lesotho","tag-sadc","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}