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Rethinking organic municipal solid waste management in Kenyan urban areas

M'nkubitu, Elaine LU (2022) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20221
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Abstract
Organic waste forms a big share of municipal solid waste, especially in developing countries. Its management is however faced with many challenges ranging from limited financial and technical capacity to lack of, or weak policy enforcement. This causes poor management of the waste leading to open dumping and disposal in un-engineered landfills. Such practices have adverse effects on both the environment and the people. To improve the situation, actors in different locations have been applying circular economy approaches to manage organic waste better and recover resources from it. Such two cases are Waste Concern, a social enterprise in Bangladesh, and the Sri Lankan government through the National ‘Pilisaru’ Waste Management Project.... (More)
Organic waste forms a big share of municipal solid waste, especially in developing countries. Its management is however faced with many challenges ranging from limited financial and technical capacity to lack of, or weak policy enforcement. This causes poor management of the waste leading to open dumping and disposal in un-engineered landfills. Such practices have adverse effects on both the environment and the people. To improve the situation, actors in different locations have been applying circular economy approaches to manage organic waste better and recover resources from it. Such two cases are Waste Concern, a social enterprise in Bangladesh, and the Sri Lankan government through the National ‘Pilisaru’ Waste Management Project. These examples can provide a learning opportunity for other actors who might want to implement similar approaches. By using the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) model and applying an extrapolation-based case research framework, this thesis aims to determine what lessons can be learned from the two case studies, and how Kenya can establish similar approaches to address the challenges facing organic waste management in the country. The findings show that the adoption of simple, low-cost but labour-intensive technology is a key element of these approaches. Apart from this, there are other crucial features such as having marketing strategies for the product, forming strategic partnerships, and promoting waste separation. (Less)
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author
M'nkubitu, Elaine LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Organic solid waste management through composting
course
IMEM01 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Organic waste management, circular economy, extrapolation, stakeholders, influencing factors.
publication/series
IIIEE Master Thesis
report number
2022:05
ISSN
1401-9191
language
English
id
9096637
date added to LUP
2022-08-15 13:54:23
date last changed
2022-08-31 11:32:53
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  abstract     = {{Organic waste forms a big share of municipal solid waste, especially in developing countries. Its management is however faced with many challenges ranging from limited financial and technical capacity to lack of, or weak policy enforcement. This causes poor management of the waste leading to open dumping and disposal in un-engineered landfills. Such practices have adverse effects on both the environment and the people. To improve the situation, actors in different locations have been applying circular economy approaches to manage organic waste better and recover resources from it. Such two cases are Waste Concern, a social enterprise in Bangladesh, and the Sri Lankan government through the National ‘Pilisaru’ Waste Management Project. These examples can provide a learning opportunity for other actors who might want to implement similar approaches. By using the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) model and applying an extrapolation-based case research framework, this thesis aims to determine what lessons can be learned from the two case studies, and how Kenya can establish similar approaches to address the challenges facing organic waste management in the country. The findings show that the adoption of simple, low-cost but labour-intensive technology is a key element of these approaches. Apart from this, there are other crucial features such as having marketing strategies for the product, forming strategic partnerships, and promoting waste separation.}},
  author       = {{M'nkubitu, Elaine}},
  issn         = {{1401-9191}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{IIIEE Master Thesis}},
  title        = {{Rethinking organic municipal solid waste management in Kenyan urban areas}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}