DUVILLA Lead Agency for a waste management project in South Sudan

28/02/2010 | Area of work: Sustainable peace building

A consortium led by DUVILLA and consisting of five actors from both private and public sector in the Netherlands and South Sudan has won the Call for Proposals to formulate and prepare a public–private cooperation project on the possibility of implementing an integral waste management and sanitary landfill development project in Juba and surroundings. The project’s goal is to improve the health and environmental situation for the inhabitants of Juba by offering a clean and sustainable alternative for the current uncontrolled waste disposal system and to stimulate local economic growth by investing in waste management and sanitary landfill development.

Photo: DUVILLA/Children collecting plastic bottles for recycling, Juba, Sudan

In January 2010, a fact-finding mission was held to Juba, which resulted in a Business Plan on the potential for development of a landfill, waste collection and recycling project. Partners in the Consortium are Oxfam Novib, BGP Engineers and a number of Sudanese partners. HandsforWaste is special advisor to the Consortium and provides expertise on the construction of a landfill for Juba. In addition to landfill development, the project intends to set up a community based collection system and a recycling business.