GWERU City Council has ordered building and business owners to place bins outside their premises to promote cleanliness in the city.
Acting town clerk Livingston Churu said refuse should only be deposited in bins approved by council.
“In accordance with the Gweru Public Health By-laws (SI 12 of 1982), section 58(1) and (2), we remind all business operators to provide approved refuse receptacles on their premises,” Churu said in a public notice dated September 2.
“Refuse shall be deposited only in approved galvanised iron bins or other approved receptacles.
“Bins shall be kept properly covered with close-fitting lids at all times. The number of bins required will be determined by the medical officer of health or health inspector, based on the quantity of refuse generated.”
Churu said the local authority was carrying out a survey to ensure compliance as part of efforts to improve waste management in the Midlands capital.
"As part of our efforts to ensure compliance, a bin survey is being conducted city-wide at all shopping centres by our health personnel,” he said.
“We kindly request your cooperation in this exercise.”
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Gweru United Progressive Residents and Ratepayers Development Association executive director David Chikore said they welcomed the development as necessary to ensure a clean environment in the city.
Chikore, however, said the municipality was to blame for the sprouting of illegal dumpsites by failing to provide timeous refuse collection services.
“It’s noble that litter should be placed where it belongs and that is in bins, but we also implore the city fathers to improve their refuse collection schedules,” he said.
Most parts of the city, known as the City of Progress, have become an eyesore with mounds of garbage piling up at open spaces.
Council recently released a timetable aimed at improving refuse collection services, particularly in high-density suburbs.
Reports indicate that the services are, however, crippled by several challenges including inadequate refuse collection vehicles, fuel, and breakdowns including reckless dumping of litter in open spaces.
