Chinese business firm fined K15,000 as 90…

The Lusaka Integrated Solid Waste Management Company (LISWMC) Enforcement Officers have intensified countrywide compliance checks where it is handing out 90 warning notices in Zone 63. The media reports that company Public Relations Officer, Sirre Muntanga in a statement availed today, disclosed that the operations team spotted the site as a ‘mini dump site’ on a Chinese shop – Love of Home premises, a commercial premise where they slapped a K15,000 for illegal dumping solid waste. Ms Muntanga said this in pursuant in breach of sanitation bylaws, and imposed a K15,000 fine for illegal accumulation of solid waste and creation of an unauthorised dump site.

Ms Muntanga said in a separate routine inspection along Great East Road in PHI, the teams visited a Chinese shop – Love of Home premises where they discovered an accumulation of allegedly solid waste deposited directly on the ground. She described the operation as smooth and successful in line with the enforcement’s mandate. Ms Muntanga said the measures reflect a zero‑tolerance approach to illegal dumping as the city moves to strengthen public health and cleanliness.

“LISWMC’s action underscores ongoing efforts to enforce sanitation regulations and to compel both households and businesses to use licensed waste service providers’’, she said. Ms Muntanga noted that failure to comply with the warnings and fines may result in further penalties or legal proceedings,” she warned. The PRO vowed that these actions signal a zero-tolerance approach to illegal dumping in strengthening public health and cleanliness that is required in the City.