Suburban
Peter Tanyanyiwa Suburban Reporter
ECOCASH Holdings has announced the suspension of its subsidiary Clean City’s waste collection services in Harare citing viability challenges in view of the fees now being charged to dump garbage at Pomona dumpsite.
Clean City said as a result of the dumping fees its customers both corporates and households can no longer afford the service.
The City of Harare and Geogenix B.V.’s joint venture has established Geo Pomona Waste Management (Private) Limited’s to run a waste to energy plant and under the arrangement refuse collection companies taking waste to Pomona dumpsite are now required to pay a dumping fee.
The City of Harare concluded the build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) Joint Venture Agreement with Geogenix B.V. on March 9 2022, with a contractual lifespan of 30 years.
“The public is advised that we have suspended our waste management and waste disposal services in Harare with effect from 25 May 2022. The recent change in the terms of trade at the Pomona Waste Facilities have left the household and the corporate clients that we serve unable to afford the service. In turn, this has impacted the viability of our waste disposal business. The company will update the public and its valued clients of any further developments,” said Ecocash Holdings in a statement.
Clean City was established a few years ago taking advantage of the City of Harare’s collapsing refuse collection service where the municipality was struggling to collect refuse from households and businesses.
