{"id":7372,"date":"2020-01-09T09:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T06:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:47","slug":"why-tanzania-developed-guidelines-on-effective-waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/01\/09\/why-tanzania-developed-guidelines-on-effective-waste-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tanzania Developed Guidelines on Effective Waste Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Daily News Reporter<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tanzanian government has drawn up guidelines on waste recycling to encourage more business people to invest in waste recycling, a move that will help improve waste management in urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Ummy Mwalimu unveiled this during a recent meeting on sanitation which brought together regional and council officers for sanitation from across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The new guidelines will encourage more business people to invest in waste recycling to improve waste management,” she said, while delivering an opening speech at the sanitation meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Mwalimu further noted that the government had registered great strides in sanitation, thanks to a nationwide campaign entitled ‘Usichukulie Poa, Nyumba ni Choo’ after households with standard toilets increased to 62.4 per cent in 2019 from 34 per cent in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For two years of the campaign, a number of households with standard toilets have tremendously increased.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, a number of households without standard toilets has diminished from7.5 per cent to 1.9 per cent this year,” said the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nationwide campaign encourages households to construct standard toilets to prevent water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diseases can be spread while bathing, washing and drinking water or by eating food exposed to contaminated water. Read more… <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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