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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Jackson City Council reviews solid waste plan
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Jackson City Council held a Public Works Committee meeting to discuss the resolution to adopt the 2025 Solid Waste Management Plan. The city is required to develop a new plan every 20 years. The last plan was approved by the city and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in 1996. Twenty-nine years have passed, which means the capital city is nine years overdue. The goal of Wednesday's meeting was to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure public health, environmental protection and service efficiency for the next 20 years. Jackson's Public Works representatives hope to secure state and federal grants in the process. Natchez church seeks donations to rebuild after storm 'That Solid Waste Management Plan helps us with garbage pickup. Understand not just picking it up from the residence, from commercial business, but what we're going to do with that garbage after we take the garbage where it's going to be located. All the things that has the management of that recycle material, as well as the rubbish, as well as the household garbage, how we're going to handle it. And it's very important because EPA and the state requires us to do that,' said Daniel Walker, senior environmental engineer with Cornerstone Engineering. The 2025 plan includes improving residential garbage collection services, tackling the overflower hotspots of illegal dumping and address illegal tire dumping. The plan calls for enhanced enforcement, including surveillance, community reporting and higher fines and penalties for illegal dumping violators. 'So illegal dumping, it's been one of those things that we've been fighting for quite some time, and we see it in all of our wards. In fact, I plan on bringing forward an ordinance to strengthen the penalties for illegal dumping. A lot of the perpetrators who dump illegally in our city don't even live here. They don't do business here,' said Councilman Brian Grizzell, Ward 4. The City Council voted 4-0 for the updated Solid Waste Management Plan, which now needs approval from MDEQ. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Zawya
14-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
How Africa's smallest nation is cleaning up its waste and energy sectors
In the azure waters of the Indian Ocean lies Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands. While being the smallest country in Africa in terms of land area, Seychelles serves as a strong voice for small island states through its environmental stewardship and sustainable development initiatives. Seychelles is facing numerous challenges relating to the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change; the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss; and the crisis of pollution and waste. To address these, the country has remained steadfast in its commitment to environmental conservation through its partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2002. Seychelles regularly contributes to UNEP's core Environment Fund, the organization's main source of flexible funding and the bedrock of its work on the triple planetary crisis. "The programmes that UNEP has been operating over the past years have really contributed to the success of Seychelles that we see today," said Flavien Joubert, Seychelles' Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment. 'We expect that with time, we will continue to evolve in our relationship with UNEP and cover all areas, even those that traditionally we haven't.' Most recently, Seychelles has partnered with UNEP to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in its transportation sector. As part of the Global Programme to Support Countries with the Shift to Electric Mobility, a Global Environment Facility–funded project led by UNEP with a consortium of partners, Seychelles has connected with 29 other low- and middle-income countries and leveraged expertise from UNEP on heavy-duty vehicles to advance its electric transportation. This feeds into the achievement of Seychelles' renewable energy targets. Currently, the country operates on 5 per cent renewable energy, aiming to reach 15 per cent by 2030. Like many small island states, Seychelles faces difficulties in waste management due to its limited land area and vulnerability to environmental impacts, exacerbated by rapid population growth and increasing tourism. The Solid Waste Management Plan of Seychelles 2020-2035 outlines strategies to address this by focusing on efficient waste collection, recycling initiatives and reducing landfill dependence. It aims to mitigate land and marine pollution through integrated approaches tailored to the island's geographic and environmental constraints. At a systemic level, Seychelles recognizes the need to transition to sustainable consumption and production. UNEP, through the Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, has supported the Seychelles in developing its circular economy roadmap and action plan. To further catalyze investment in circular economy ventures and businesses, a Circular Economy Challenge fund worth US$150,000 was initiated in March 2024. Looking ahead, Joubert believes in Seychelles' ability to lead by example. "As we convene at international forums such as the United Nations Environment Assembly and COP meetings, our aim is to produce the best results in our own country so that it contributes to global goals." Seychelles is one of UNEP's 2023 full-share funding partners, whose contributions to the Environment Fund, UNEP's core fund, enable agile, innovative global solutions for climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Learn how to support UNEP to invest in people and planet. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
