Waste management boosted

Port Moresby’s waste management capacity is set to improve with the 9.3 million kina newly completed Baruni Landfill Cell 3.

This follows the commissioning of the third landfill cell at Baruni Dump in Port Moresby today.

Waste Management Manage John Navara days cells one and two are almost full, and the development of the third cell is essential to maintain continuous waste disposal for the city.

Navara says the new landfill cell has estimated capacity of 350 to 400 thousand cubic meters. The facility will support the city's waste disposal needs for three to four years.

He explains it is built with the Fukuoka Semi Aerobic Landfill system; a system designed to reduce methane generation, accelerate waste stabilization and minimise environmental pollution with technical assistance from government of Japan through Japanese International Corporation Agency through the JPRISM projects which commenced in 2012.

He says initial preparations and earth started in 2021 and foundation works recommenced in November last year.

The completion of Baruni Landfill cell 3 marks an important milestone in waste management services in the nation’s capital.

This is the third cell engineered waste disposal cell at Baruni which was completed in June and is commissioned today.