TOGO: Solid waste management awareness campaign in Lomé

In Togo, phase III of the Lomé Urban Environment Project (PEUL) is getting underway, with the "Communication and awareness campaign on urban solid waste management". The operation, launched on 22 August 2023 by the Greater Lomé Autonomous District (DAGL), aims to strengthen information and communication about the district's major activities in the field of urban solid waste management.

The new communication and awareness campaign on urban solid waste management was launched by the General Secretary of the Greater Lomé Autonomous District (DAGL), Tagba Ataféyinam Tchalim. The aim of the campaign is to improve information and communication about the DAGL’s major activities in the field of solid urban waste management, to promote good practice and behavioural change among the population of the DAGL and those living near the Aképé technical landfill site, and to support the relays to improve the effectiveness of their actions through capacity-building and the co-organisation of activities with them.

The initiative will also help to improve information and communication about the work to close and secure the former Agoè-Nyivé landfill site, north-west of the Togolese capital Lomé.

AFD financing

“This awareness-raising will be carried out through several communication channels and media, including television, radio, the written and online press, print media, guided tours of the Aképé CET site, SMS marketing, posters on giant billboards and on Société des transports de Lomé (Sotral) buses, and many others”, says the DAGL, which will fund all the activities with a grant of 100 million CFA francs (around 152,450 euros) from the French Development Agency (AFD).

This is the first component of phase III of the Lomé Urban Environment Project (Peul). “With the start of phase III of the PEUL, we felt it was important to draw up a communication and awareness-raising plan on solid waste management, in order to capitalise on and sustain the achievements of the previous two phases of the PEUL”, explains Tagba Ataféyinam Tchalim, Secretary General of the DAGL. As well as reducing pollution, the aim is to improve the quality of life for the inhabitants of the Togolese capital, Lomé.

The other two components of PEUL III are based on strengthening the DAGL’s administrative and financial capacities, and developing a sports and environmental policy. The overall objective is to help improve the performance of the waste sector and strengthen Greater Lomé’s capacity to mobilize financial resources. According to AFD, the total cost of PEUL III is estimated at 14 million euros.