World Bank has embarked on funding the construction of various garbage-recycling plants in Uganda aimed at relieving the country's major towns of poor garbage disposal, the state-owned New Vision daily reported on Friday.

Johnson Muyanja, the Mayor of Mukono town, which is one of the towns benefiting from the projects, said the construction of a 300, 000 U.S dollars garbage recycling plant in the town starts next month.

Muyanja confirmed that the World Bank-funded project would be built on an-eight-acre piece of land in Katikolo village.

"National Environmental Management Authority has approved the project. We shall have a ground-breaking ceremony next month," he said.

Jack Ruitenbeeck, a senior World Bank scientist, who had visited the site recently on a feasibility study of the project, said the project would have components that would separate foodstuff, leaves, polythene bags and metals.

"Fertilizers will be made from the food stuff, while leaves will be turned into composite manure," he said, noting that polythene bags would be burnt and metals sold to local steel rolling industries.

The mayor said the Bank would construct about nine similar projects in other districts with the highest garbage production to rid the town council of filth that threatened the outbreaks of cholera during rainy seasons.

Many major towns in this east African country face a problem of garbage disposal, with heaps piling over time.

Source: Xinhua