The Douala Urban Community (CUD) is finally taking action to reduce the glaring and growing insalubrity prevailing in Cameroon's economic capital. On 21 July 2023, the CUD created the Régie de propreté urbaine (RPU). The new structure will support waste management in the city of Douala, where the Société d'hygiène et de salubrité du Cameroun (Hysacam) previously had a monopoly.