New littering and waste dumping restriction byelaws have come into effect in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, to help keep the city clean.
With tons of litter dropped every year across the streets and roads of the capital, causing environmental health issues and eyesore, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, who is campaigning hard to renew the city, says that the new byelaws are essential as part of her “keep the city clean” strategy.
Anyone caught dropping litter or dumping waste in the city faces stiff fines or imprisonment, with city council police ready to enforce the new byelaws.
“Clean streets don’t just happen, we make them happen. It starts with how we manage our waste. The new Sanitation Bye Laws are here to make waste collection safer, fairer and smarter for everyone. Waste collection and disposal in Freetown will now be managed by FCC-approved waste management companies,” says the Mayor.
The new Byelaws will ensure the following:
- Register with the service provider in your block
- Fixed waste collection fees for households, businesses & institutions
- Standard waste collection pick-up schedules
- Payments via a new digital payments system
- Don’t dump waste in streets, gutters, or waterways.
- Don’t burn waste — it pollutes the air and harms health.
- Don’t pay unapproved service providers
- Don’t block access to waste collection bins and bags
- Cross di dorti line en pay di dorti price!
Violators face a fine up to NLe 5,000 or 6 months imprisonment, or both.
FCC Waste Collection Bye laws 2024
