Theme: Waste Management

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C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Cities and Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Waste Management, Nairobi County
Year: 2025

Beyond The Technical Loop Driving the circular bioeconomy through global policy coherence

UNCTAD / SMEP

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management, Nature-Based Solutions
Year: 2025

Circular Economy In Municipal Solid Waste Management: Innovations And Challenges For Urban Sustainability

Journal of Environmental Protection

Richard Edmond Victor Sesay, Ping Fang

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management, Cities and Climate Change, Technology and Innovation
Year: 2025

Investing in the Waste and Circularity Sector in Kenya Plastic Waste Management Guide

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

Charlotte Badenoch, Hugo Le Blay, Marie De Greef

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste and Pollution, Pollution
Year: 2025

Investing In the Waste and Circularity Sector in Kenya Wastewater Management Guide

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

Charlotte Badenoch, Hugo Le Blay, Marie De Greef

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2025

A Feasible Circularity Model For Construction Wood Wastes In Developing Countries

Journal of Circular Economy

Christian Jonathan, Judith Onyoni

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management, Cities and Climate Change, Nairobi County
Year: 2025

The Environment Management and Co-ordination (Waste Management) Regulations, 2024

NEMA

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Chemicals and Waste, Waste Management, Environment and Natural Resources, Standards and Regulations
Year: 2024

A Cheaper And Greener Approach For The Synthesis Of Highly Pure Silicon Carbide Composites Using Coffee Husk Wastes

Journal of Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Samuel N. Ndung?u, Esther W. Nthiga, Ruth N. Wanjau, Anthony M. Ndiritu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management, Biomass, Technology and Innovation
Year: 2024

Kenya Postharvest Management Strategy For Food Loss And Waste Reduction 2024?2028

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Food Security, Circular Economy, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Waste Management
Year: 2024

Beyond an Age of Waste - Turning rubbish into a resource

UNEP

Zoë Lenkiewicz

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: SDGs, Waste Management, Energy and Fuels
Year: 2024

Global Waste Management Outlook 2024: Beyond An Age Of Waste ? Turning Rubbish Into A Resource

UNEP

Zoë Lenkiewicz

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Circular Economy, Chemicals and Waste, Civil Society
Year: 2024

Assessing Effects Of Polythene Waste On The Urban Environment In Bungoma Town, Kenya

International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research

Godfrey Wekesa Wafula, Dr. Amos Ngira, Dr. William Sakataka, Martin Wandie

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Bungoma County, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management, Health and Climate Change
Year: 2024

Addressing Challenges In Managing Radioactive Waste From Past Activities

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

F.N. Dragolici

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Environment and Natural Resources, Chemicals and Waste, Standards and Regulations
Year: 2024

Initiatives to Achieve Clean Cities in Kenya-Technology for Promoting Circular Economy

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Ryota Okiguchi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2024

Global Programme on Crimes that Affect the Environment

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Governance, Waste Management
Year: 2024

Food Waste Index Report 2024

UNEP

Hamish Forbes, Eloise Peacock, Nettie Abbot, Michael Jones

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Circular Economy, Cities and Climate Change, SDGs
Year: 2024

Initiatives To Achieve Clean Cities In Kenya ? Technology For Promoting Circular Economy

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Ryota Okiguchi

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Cities and Climate Change, Waste Management, Kiambu County
Year: 2024

Policy Options for Pollution Reduction and Enhanced Compliance by Industry and Businesses in the Nairobi Rivers Basin

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC),

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Cities and Climate Change, Circular Economy, Nairobi County
Year: 2024

Waste Wise Cities & African Clean Cities Platform Newsletter Issue 19

UN-Habitat

Agharese Onaghise, Kentaro Hotta, Ryota Okiguchi, Priyen Tanna

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management, Governance
Year: 2024

Production of biogas using waste products (Water Hyacinth and Cow Dung)

ESS Open Archive

Emem Archibong Ekong, Mary Ekanim

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Climate Change Impacts, Renewable Energy, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Incineration Plant Integration For Waste Management A Case Of Nairobi City Kenya

EDP Sciences

Cynthia Mkabane, K.V. Rop

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Nairobi County, Energy and Fuels, Cities and Climate Change
Year: 2023

Solid Waste Management Brief - Good Practice Case Studies

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Cities and Climate Change, Waste Management, Africa
Year: 2023

Incineration Plant Integration for Waste Management; a case of Nairobi City,Kenya

Cynthia Mkabane, K.V. Rop

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Nairobi County, Cities and Climate Change
Year: 2023

Municipal Solid Waste Management Strategy For Taita Taveta County

County Government of Taita Taveta

Type:
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Taita Taveta County, Circular Economy, Governance
Year: 2023

Waste Wise Cities Newsletter Vol. 18

UN-Habitat

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Circular Economy, Sustainable Finance, Cities and Climate Change
Year: 2023

Trashion: The stealth export of waste plastic clothes to Kenya

Changing Markets

Urska Trunk, George Harding-Rolls, Ximena Banegas, Nusa Urbancic, Mario Rautner, Veena Holkar

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2023

The Quality Of Second-Hand Clothes Imported To Kenya And The Associated Environmental Impacts

Patrick Diamond

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Climate Change Impacts, Waste Management, Sustainable Lifestyles
Year: 2023

Best Practices for Solid Waste Management: A Guide for Decision-Makers in Developing Countries

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Towards a Just and Inclusive Transition for Waste Pickers in the Plastics Treaty and Circular Economy

Centre for Environmental Justice and Development

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Managing plastic waste crisis in Kenyan urban centers with the circular economy approach

Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Kelvin Getanda

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2023

Open burning of waste in Africa: Challenges and opportunities

Engineering X

Professor Desta Mebratu, Dr Andriannah Mband

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Africa
Year: 2022

Sustainable Plastic Waste Management for Youth

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

B. Koech, M. Maina, D. Migwa, R. Ngugi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Women Gender and Youth, Waste Management
Year: 2022

From donations to the dumpsite: textiles waste disguised as second-hand clothes exported to East Africa

Greenpeace

Madeleine Cobbing, Mirjam Kopp, Sodfa Daaji, Viola Wohlgemuth

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, East Africa, Waste Management
Year: 2022

Kenya: Sustainable Practices Towards a Circular Economy: Introduction of the Sustainable Waste Management Act,2022

Bowmans

Aleem Tharani, Esther Kimanzi, Matthew Arrumm

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2022

The Sustainable Waste Management Act

Kenya Gazette Supplement

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Policy and Legislation
Year: 2022

Transitioning to a Circular Economy: An Evaluation of the World Bank Groupâ??s Support for Municipal Solid Waste Management (2010â??20)

World Bank Group

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2022

Biogas Production from Thermochemically Pretreated Sweet Potato Root Waste

Elsevier

Chebet Catherine, Maurice Twizerimana

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Waste Management, Renewable Energy, East Africa
Year: 2022

Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa,Kenya; A scoping study of the value chain and its institutional,policy and regulatory frameworks

Stockholm Environment Institute

George Njoroge, Jaee Nikam, Daniel Ddiba

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management, Mombasa County
Year: 2022

The Sustainable Waste Management Act 2022

Kenya Gazette Supplement

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Policy and Legislation, Waste Management
Year: 2022

A Review of the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Solid Waste Management

Bessy Eva Kathambi, Linda Maryanne Obiero

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Climate Change Impacts, Environment and Natural Resources, COVID-19
Year: 2022

Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus: A focus on the barriers and potentials of harnessing wastewater treatment processes for biogas production in Sub Saharan Africa

Elsevier

Grace N. Ijoma, Asheal Mutungwazi, Thulani Mannie, Weiz Nurmahomed, Tonderayi S. Matambo, Diane Hildebrandt

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: SDGs, Technology and Innovation, Waste Management, Africa
Year: 2022

The Toxic Plastic Waste Trade-- A Case Study of Muoroto Slum in Mombasa,Kenya

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

Brian Gicheru, Gordian Kimbio

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2021

Waste from agro-business for biogas production from captive and grid ? power biogas from vegetable residues and maize stalks in Kenya

Snow Leopard Projects GMBH

Katharina D, Walter D

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Agriculture and Food Systems, Waste Management
Year: 2021

Greening Health Infrastructure: Rapid Assessment of Policies and Practices on Health Care Waste Management in Ethiopia and Kenya

UNEP

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Health and Climate Change, Waste Management, East Africa
Year: 2021

Nairobi Solid Waste Management & Storm Water Drainage and Flooding

Catapult

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Cities and Climate Change, Floods and Droughts, Nairobi County, Waste Management
Year: 2021

A System Dynamics-Based Scenario Analysis of Residential Solid Waste Management in Kisumu, Kenya

Elsevier

K. Dianati, L. Schäfer, J. Milner, A. Gómez-Sanabria, H. Gitau, J. Hale, H. Langmaack, G. Kiesewetter, K. Muindi, B. Mberu, N. Zimmermann, S. Michie, P. Wilkinsonc, M. Davies

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Biogas, Counties, Kisumu County
Year: 2021

How are off-grid solar customers in Kenya managing their electronic waste?

British International Investment

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Solar Energy
Year: 2021

Lab Scale Biogas Production From Market Wastes and Dagoretti Slaughterhouse Waste in Kenya

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Research

Kamau J. M, Mbui D. N, Mwaniki J. M, Mwaura F. B

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Waste Management, Counties, Nairobi County
Year: 2020

Optimization of Biogas Production for Optimal Abattoir Waste Treatment with Bio-Methanation as Solution to Nairobi Slaughterhouses Waste Disposal

IEOM Society International

Moses Jeremiah Barasa Kabeyi, Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Waste Management
Year: 2020

Kenya Waste Management Guidelines (developed for petroleum sector)

NEMA

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Waste Management
Year: 2020

Governing the circular economy: Assessing the capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in low- and middle-income countries

Elsevier

Daniel Ddiba, Elisabeth Ekener, Goran Finnveden, Kim Andersson, Sarah Dickin, Steven H.A. Koop

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2020

Anaerobic Digestion of Banana Wastes for Biogas Production

University of Nairobi

Damaris Kerubo Oyaro, Zablon Isaboke Oonge, Patts Meshack Odira

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Waste Management, Agriculture and Food Systems, East Africa
Year: 2019

National Sustainable Waste Management Policy 2019

Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Forestry

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2019

Solid Waste Management and Risks to Health in Urban Africa: A Study of Nairobi and Mombasa Cities in Kenya

Urban Africa Risk Knowlegde

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Health and Climate Change, Cities and Climate Change, Nairobi County, Mombasa County
Year: 2019

NAMA on Circular Economy Solid Waste Management Approach for Urban Areas in Kenya

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Circular Economy, Climate Change Impacts, Waste Management
Year: 2019

The Power Of Dung ; Lessons learned from on-farm biodigester programs in Africa

World Bank Group

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Livestock, Africa
Year: 2019

Accelerating a Circular Economy in Kenya

Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Plastics and Plastic Pollution, Circular Economy, Waste Management
Year: 2019

Improving solid waste management practices to reduce health risks in Nairobi and Mombasa

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Blessing Mberu, Mwange Chege

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Cities and Climate Change, Health and Climate Change, Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2018

From Plan to Action: Assessing integration and evolution of solid waste management policies in Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Blessing Mberu, Carol Gatura

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2018

Faecal Sludge as a Solid Industrial Fuel: A pilot-scale study

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Development

Alassane Diene, Alsane Seck, Charles Niwagaba, Daniel Isaac Waya Ddiba, Linda Strande, Moritz Gold, Patrick Sekigongo, Serigne Diaw, Seydou Niang

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Bioenergy, Energy and Fuels, Waste Management
Year: 2017

Institutional needs analysis for chemicals and waste management in Kenya: Sound Chemicals Management Mainstreaming and UPOPs reduction in Kenya

Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Forestry

Dr. Jane Bochaberi Nyakang?o

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Chemicals and Waste, Waste Management
Year: 2017

Operation And Maintenance Of Biogas Plants, Bio-Slurry Management And Use: A Practical Handbook for the Trainer of Trainers of Biogas Construction Enterprises

Biogas Solutions Uganda Limited

Joyce De Mucci, Peace Kansiime, Juliet Kyokunda, Anthony Walter Okello, William Fotseu, Sylvia Namara

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Sustainable Lifestyles, Biogas, East Africa, Energy and Fuels
Year: 2016

Solid Waste Management Policies in Urban Africa: Gender and Life-course Considerations in Nairobi and Mombasa

Urban Africa Risk Knowlegde

Dickson A. Amugsi, Jane N. Mwangi, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Isabella Aboderin, Kanyiva Muindi, Blessing U. Mberu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2016

National Environment Management Authority : the National solid Waste Management Stratagy

NEMA

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Policy and Legislation, Waste Management
Year: 2015

Faecal Sludge Management: Highlights and Exercises

Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Nienke Andriessen, Miriam Englund, Moritz Gold, Marius Klinger, Christoph Lüthi, Samuel Renggli, Stanley Sam, Linda Strande, BJ Ward

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Water and Sanitation, Biomass
Year: 2014

An Analysis of the Household Solid Waste Generation Patterns and Prevailing Management Practices in Eldoret town, Kenya

International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research

S.E. Okalebo, G.P. Opata, B.N. Mwasi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Clean Cooking, Cities and Climate Change
Year: 2014

Predisposal Management Of Radioactive Waste General Safety Requirements Part 5

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Chemicals and Waste, Standards and Regulations, Environment and Natural Resources
Year: 2014

Biogas from Fecal Sludge at Kibera Communities at Nairobi (Umande Trust, Kenya)

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Solomie Gebrezgabher, Jack Odero, Nancy Karanja

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Biogas, Counties, Nairobi County
Year: 2012

Wastewater Irrigation and Health Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-Income Countries

International Water Management Institute (IWMI),

Pay Drechsel, Christopher Scott, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Mark Redwood, Akiça Bahri

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Health and Climate Change, Climate-Smart Agriculture
Year: 2010

Guidelines for E-Waste Management in Kenya

NEMA

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Waste Management
Year: 2010

Environmental Management and Coordination (Waste Management) Regulations

Kenya Gazette Supplement

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Policy and Legislation, Pollution, Waste Management
Year: 2006

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