“Keeping Gizo town clean was everyone’s responsibility”. This is a saying which is highlighted in every speech during so many events been took place.
Especially for the tourism industry, the ministry for
tourism here in the province and as well the nation have come up with so many
plans to beautify the center.
Fortunately, with the World Bank-funded project, so many improvements
have caught the eye of travelers to the west.
Unfortunately, we cannot make it to the dumpsite. Rubbish has
been filed with municipal solid, industrial, agricultural,
and hazardous waste.
Responsible authorities try not to burn the rubbish, and to
get rid of them in an appropriate way.
The burning of the dumpsite has caused disturbances and not
a solution says a bystander. “We do not know who started the fire”
By the way, more rubbish are from process wastes, and market
wastes from nearby islands.
For example; Eroni Kumana villagers have daily sold
their products at Gizo Market. Out of this, it may develop 30-50kg rubbish per
day. Imagining the 100 villages nearby islands, their wastes, that dump rubbish
on Gizo dumpsite.
Women’s groups here in the center are coming up with reusing
plastic waste but have seen it temporary (used). However, there are many ways
to get rid of them permanently. Like starting a plastic brick and tile idea for
a permanently building etc.
Gizo is one of the centers in the heart of the province, surrounded
by many small eco-lodges where more visitors have frequently taken their accommodation.
The urban center is the provincial capital of the Western province. Visitors
also took a visit around Gizo.
