Namibia
Bank Loan Secures Recycling Jobs in Namibia
29 March 2011
Namibian recycling company, Wilco Recycling, which compacts material for export to South Africa, has received a business loan from the Development Bank of Namibia.
The company collects bottles and cans, crushing and baling them for...
Bringing recycling to the Windhoek community
April 2009
A new initiative to encourage the Windhoek residents to recycle their waste has taken off in their community. Recycling stations placed
in spots regularly visited make it easy to recycle their glass, metal, paper and plastic waste....
Ambitious recycling plan launched
29 February 2012
The lanfill sites in Windhoek are filling rapidly but each resident can help by recycling their refuse. By recycling people are helping in putting valuable materials back into the manufacturing stream and this helps to reduce the...
Pilot Marine Litter Programme
The BCLME Marine Litter Programme assessed the current legal framework and ongoing programmes to reduce marine litter in the three BCLME countries (Namibia, South Africa and Angola), as well as raised awareness on the importance of the issue....
Waste Management and Recycling Study in Namibia
The case study has been done as part of the Partnership for Local Democracy & Development and Social Innovation (PLDDSI) project that collaborate the Finnish municipalities of Kangasala and Lempaala with the Namibian municipalities of Keetmanshoop...
Municipal Waste Management in Namibia: The Windhoek Case Study
This research attempted to answer the following question:
How can Namibia maintain a well-managed system for municipal waste management in the future ?
The study presented herein has investigated the current status of municipal waste management in...
National Waste Management Policy
The Ministry of Health and Social Services aims at improving approaches, techniques and methodologies in waste management and is striving to a sustainable approach to waste management. It is against this background that this policy has been developed....
