Whats up?
The project Integrated Sustainable Waste Management is now in the second phase out of three. Phase one included studies and workshops that led up to the conclusion that there is a great opportunity to start composting organic material in Freetown. The aim is to introduce environmentally friendly waste management and to both handle waste in a sustainable way and achieve a profitable result – biofertilizer. Phase two of the project is about constructing the pilot plant, designing a business model, raising funds necessary to build the plant and send a team down to Sierra Leone, and also producing information material about composting and waste management – work underway at the present!
What’s new?
Since November last year we have a new project manager, MA student in Civil Engineering Energy Systems Hanna Blomström. We also have a number of new members in the project involved in the different working teams Business Model, Technology, Information & Communication, Sociocultural and Fundraising. In Freetown, Engineers Without Borders Sierra Leone has formed a reference group with members including representatives from Freetown City Council, EWB SL, National Farmers Association Sierra Leone, and others. We look forward to the cooperation with the reference group!
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