Luanda - The Japanese ambassador to Angola, Jiro Maruhashi, said Tuesday in Luanda that his country will help the Angolan government in the management and treatment of solid waste produced locally.
Speaking at the opening of the training on "Sustainable management of solid waste for African countries," he said that the aid will be provided through the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Angola (JICA), and includes a package of experiences of his country on the matter.
He explained that the aid comes in the scope of the good friendship relations between the two countries, to keep the cities clean and thus increase the population's quality of life.
He concluded believing that in the future, there will be more presence of Japanese companies in Angola, both in the public and private sectors.
The cooperation between the two countries dates since 1988 with an emergency aid through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
On the sidelines of the meeting, the Executive Director of the National Waste Agency (ANR), Flávio António, made it known that six million tons of urban solid waste were produced throughout the country in 2021.
He expressed that there is still a challenge for the agency, in the continuous work with the provincial governments to assess the exact and effective form of the quantities of waste produced.
In this context, he advised public and private institutions to create a Waste Management Plan (WMP), as required by the Strategic Plan for Urban Waste Management (PESGRU) and which must be certified by ANR.
