The Zambia Environmental Management Agency -ZEMA- has surpassed its annual target for projects considered in the year 2023, with a total of 1,129 projects considered against the annual target of 1,000 targets.
ZEMA Acting Director General Maxwell Nkoya has disclosed that the total investment cost for all considered projects in 2023 stood at over K172 Billion which considered projects from the mining, infrastructure, tourism, agriculture and energy sectors.
Mr Nkoya says of the total projects considered, 1,129 projects were approved while 51 were rejected due to inadequate or lack of mitigation measures and for being located in environmentally sensitive locations.
He states that among the notable projects considered in the year included applications to set up waste disposal sites for Chama and Rufunsa town councils that intend to set up disposal sites which will consist of waste sorting bays for recycling, incinerators for medical waste with air pollution abatement equipment and cells for burying solid waste.
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