Freetown Expands Biodigester Projects to Turn Market Waste into Energy
Freetown City Council is installing biodigesters in communities and markets to convert organic waste into biogas for household cooking and market electricity needs.
Freetown City Council is using biodigesters in communities and markets to convert organic waste into biogas, linking waste management with sanitation, household cooking and energy generation.
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Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr visited installations in Congo Town and Hagan Street Market last week, according to a report by The Sierra Leone Telegraph.
Four units installed in Congo Town
The council has installed four biodigesters in the compounds of residents participating in the Congo Town project. Each unit can be connected to stoves serving up to 20 homes.
The initiative is intended to help reduce fuel costs and health risks associated with charcoal use while improving sanitation through the processing of organic waste. The project forms part of wider efforts described in the report to address the effects of climate change, forest destruction and environmental pollution in Freetown.
Market waste planned for biogas production
At Hagan Street Market, a newly constructed five-unit public toilet will provide sanitation facilities and part of the feedstock for two biodigesters. Each of the units has a capacity of 50 cubic metres.
Organic waste from Hagan Street, Dove Cut, Mabella and Cow Yard markets is planned to supply the biodigesters. The resulting biogas is intended to fuel a 30 KVA generator already located at Hagan Street Market.
According to Aki-Sawyerr, the generator will power a newly installed cold room for traders. The facility is intended to support traders’ economic productivity by providing market-related cold storage powered through energy generated from waste.
Plans to extend the programme
Aki-Sawyerr said the council wants to expand the biodigester interventions so they can reach more residents across Freetown in the coming months.
The report outlines intended uses and benefits for the installations, but does not provide performance results or data showing how much waste, biogas or electricity the biodigesters have produced so far.
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