STRATEGICALLY MANAGE SOLID WASTE IN HAITI An article published in Le Matin Newspaper (in French) by Jackson Joseph The solid waste management remains a major concern in the country. No strategy of authorities has yet managed to curb this evil. It might be new strategies! The de facto The average amount of waste generated in Port-au-Prince is estimated, according to the latest data, six thousand (6,000) m3 per day of which only 30% is collected and the rest poured into the streets and ravines. The current rate of landfill is 200 to 300 tonnes per day after officials SMCRS. A portion of the collected waste is incinerated by households without thinking about the impact on their quality of life. The mass of accumulated waste in the city is growing faster than the creation of facilities that can treat and eliminate, as that noted a Department of the Environment. The solid waste is assessed by the Ministry of Environment to 2500 tons per day, 912,500 tons per year of household waste, and production of more than 2.75 million tonnes taking into account other categories of waste: demolition, green waste, industrial and commercial waste, hospital waste, sweepings. Given the evolution of consumption, partly influenced by the proximity of the United States and its products, a report by the ministry shows that it is likely that the overall waste production in 2016 exceeded 5 million tons. What is the solution? The results of a preliminary study on the problem of solid waste in Port-au-Prince financed by the IDB in 2007, as well as intergovernmental discussions have identified six priority areas of emergency actions to implement for Solid waste management: 1) Create a solid waste management in the Ministry of Public Works Transport and Communication (MTPTC). 2) Conduct a strategic national policy for managing solid waste. 3) Adjust the Service Metropolitan Solid Waste Collection (SMCRS) to local realities and government policy set. 4) Develop and implement a pilot program of garbage collection in several areas or municipalities in the metropolitan area. 5) rehabilitate and manage the official discharge Truitier and work on the establishment of new landfills in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, and finally 6) Strengthen public / private partnership for garbage collection. Legal framework According to Article 2 of the Decree of 9 October 1989, the role of the Metropolitan Service Solid Waste Collection (SMCRS) will be in the collection of trash that have been scanned and assembled by the service road of the respective towns of Port au Prince , Delmas, Petion Ville, Gressier, the Croix des Bouquets and Carrefour. Yet councils assume this task timidly scanning. In fact, the municipal sweepers are mostly found in the lower part of the urban area and Petionville. They are collecting door to door. Against a sum of U.S. $ 5 to U.S. $ 10 per week they abductions in particular with their wheelbarrows, and will then emptied into gullies or concentration points. In fact, SMCRS, established on 3 March 1981 and put into operation in 1983 has never been able to ensure the removal and transport of waste PAP 100%. Otherwise, the "record" in 1987 reached 60% with 45 vehicles that were acquired through a loan from the IDB, the coverage rate is about 10 to 15%. According to Article 3 of the Decree of 3 March 1981, SMCRS must ensure the collection and treatment of urban waste, including: Garbage, bulky household waste, waste communities. For John Donald Parison SMCRS of the solid waste management (SWM) for several ministries such as the Ministry of the Interior ministry traditionally local communities and sharing the supervision of SMCRS with MTPTC, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Environment. There is no specific law on the GDS, only scattered articles. The 1942 law on urban planning provides for a fine of two gourds to throw garbage on the street. Decree of 3 March 1981 on the establishment of SMCRS gives the definition of eligible landfill waste (see next paragraph). Public health code was updated in 1990 by Dr. Athanase Bellerive, but the text was never voted, and consequently implemented. Also do is there any law relating to medical waste from hospitals. The President of the Republic, Michel Joseph Martelly, about solid waste management, believes it is important to find a quick and lasting solution to this problem that is worsening day by day in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. According to him, this problem is mainly due to plastics discharged excessively. Recycling, said the head of state can be one of the interesting ways to take out of this impasse.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:31:50 +0000
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