Taka zisizooza na taka za kielektroniki ziko hapa.

Taka means waste, trash, refuse.

It belongs to the Swahili 9/10 noun class, where many nouns have the same form in singular and plural. So the noun itself may stay taka, while other words around it show the agreement.

In this sentence, the agreement is class 10 plural, which you can see in:

• zisizooza
• za kielektroniki
• ziko hapa

So even though taka itself does not change, the grammar around it shows how it is being treated.

Zisizooza means that do not decompose / that do not rot.

In natural English, this is often translated as:

• non-biodegradable
• non-decomposing waste

So taka zisizooza is non-biodegradable waste.

It is made from several grammatical pieces joined together:

• zi- = agreement with the noun class of taka here
• -si- = negative marker
• -zo- = relative marker meaning something like which/that
• -oza = verb root meaning rot / decompose

So the whole word literally means something like:

they which do not decompose

When attached to taka, it works like an adjective-like relative clause: waste that does not decompose.

Because Swahili uses noun-class agreement.

Since taka is being treated as class 10 here, words connected to it must match that class.

That is why you get:

• zisizooza = modifier agreeing with taka
• ziko = verb form agreeing with taka

This agreement system is one of the most important parts of Swahili grammar.

The connector -a changes form to agree with the noun before it.

Here the head noun is taka, and in this sentence it is taking class 10 agreement, so the connector becomes za.

So:

• ya would match class 9
• za matches class 10

That is why taka za kielektroniki is correct here.

Here kielektroniki refers to electronics / electronic things.

So taka za kielektroniki literally means:

• waste of electronics
• or more naturally, electronic waste / e-waste

Swahili often expresses technical ideas like this with a noun plus an -a phrase, instead of using a simple adjective exactly the way English does.

It is repeated to make the two categories clear:

• taka zisizooza = non-biodegradable waste
• taka za kielektroniki = electronic waste

Repeating taka sounds clear and natural, especially in practical contexts like signs, sorting instructions, or labels.

If you removed the second taka, the sentence might still be understandable in context, but it would be less explicit.

Ziko hapa means are here / are located here.

Swahili uses forms like iko, ziko, yuko, wako, etc. for location or presence.

By contrast, ni is mainly used for:

• identification
• classification
• saying what something is

So:

• Taka ziko hapa = The waste is here
• Hii ni taka = This is waste

With hapa, the location form ziko is the natural choice.

Hapa means here.

In this sentence, it comes after the verb:

• ziko hapa = are here

That is a very normal word order in Swahili:

• subject + verb + place

You can sometimes move hapa earlier for emphasis, but Taka ... ziko hapa is the most neutral order.

Not if you want the same meaning.

This sentence names two separate kinds of waste:

1. taka zisizooza
2. taka za kielektroniki

If you tried to combine the modifiers into one noun phrase, you would change the meaning. For example, a combined phrase could sound like you mean:

electronic waste that does not decompose

But the original sentence is listing two categories, joined by na: non-biodegradable waste and electronic waste.