Rwanda turns to Luxembourg in bid to resolve waste crisis

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Kigali City’s main dumping site is in Nduba Sector, Gasabo District and is considered an environmental risk. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

What you need to know:

  • Rwanda is banking on a partnership with Luxembourg to address the crisis arising from poor disposal of solid and hazardous waste generated across its fast-expanding cities.
  • Details obtained by Rwanda Today show that over the course of three years a waste-to-resources project under a partnership with the government of Luxembourg could see an estimated Rwf4.7 billion (€4 million) to Rwf23.6 billion (€20 million) invested in setting up installations allowing valorization of waste at Kigali’s municipal landfill of Nduba, including a framework to enable the separation of organic and plastic waste at source.