Waste collected by the Local Authorities (except for Grand Port and Savanne District Councils) and other waste generators transit through these transfer stations where these municipal wastes are filled in bigger truck trailers and sent for landfilling at Mare Chicose.
The Mare Chicose Landfill Site
The Mare Chicose Landfill is in operation since 1997. The landfill Cells have been developed and filled in a progressive manner and numbered sequentially ( Cells 1,2,.3,4,5,6, Cell 6 Extension, Sub-Cell 7, Sub-Cell 7A, and finally Cell 7). With the construction of Cell 7, the total landfill area will be in the region of 48 Ha. An amount of approx. 420,000 tonnes are being landfilled annually and the amount of waste landfilled to date is about 6 million tonnes.
The engineered landfill Works at Mare Chicose has been designed for the disposal of waste in an environmentally safe manner. The essential elements providing these safety are amongst others (a) suitable composite soil and plastic lining at the bottom of the landfill and leachate collection and carting away to prevent contamination of the ground water(b) abstraction of gas from the landfill for destruction of the methane , through flaring and power generation. Environmental monitoring is an on-going feature to ensure that our natural environment remains protected.
In view of the saturation of the Mare Chicose Landfill and to prevent a major waste management crisis in Mauritius post 2019, the idea of raising the Mare Chicose Landfill to provide disposal capacity was put forward. The vertical Expansion works are expected to start by April 2020 and thus increase the disposal capacity of the Landfill.
