Kenya

PhD Candidate | Environmental Governance and Management Jimmy Owiti
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA-Kenya)

UN Environment Programme
UN Advisory Board Names 20 City Leaders in Zero Waste

20 cities worldwide have been named the inaugural 20 Cities Towards Zero Waste, an initiative led by the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Zero Waste.

UNEP
UNEP and ICAO Launch $82.5 Million Project to Eliminate Harmful Firefighting Foams in African Airports

The Fortifying Infrastructure for Responsible Extinguishment (FIRE) project aims to phase out the use of toxic fluorinated firefighting foams and replace them with safer alternatives at major airports in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

PadMad Kenya (Seren Associates Ltd)
Padmad, Initiative on reusable sanitary pad in Kenya

PadMad, co-founded by Madhvi Dalal, is a social enterprise that has worked in Kenya and Somaliland on addressing period poverty. PadMad introduced biodegradable, reusable sanitary pads combined with Menstrual Health Management and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights education to prevent any infections and bring awareness within the adolescent groups. 2020.01.17

Experts / Involved Parties

Dr Ashish Khanal
Global Research Institute and Training Center

Mira Kaoussan, MBA
HSM GmbH + Co KG

PhD Candidate | Environmental Governance and Management Jimmy Owiti
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA-Kenya)

"I realize two demands on waste management: first we have a health problem, and second we have a problem of climate, sustainability and recycling of waste.

Everybody has an idea what waste means but especially when we look at the ocean we have the plastic waste and this is a disaster. Becoming aware of these problems is the starting point to find solutions"

UN-Habitat
Brief description of Waste Wise Cities Tool

The Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT)supports cities and countries in establishing better waste and resource management strategies, creating business and livelihood opportunities, and transiting towards a circular economy. Globally basic data on municipal solid waste (MSW) generation and management is lacking, especially in low- and middle-income settings. This lack of data hinders the development of management strategies and investments in infrastructure, leading in many countries to insufficient or absent MSW management services.

WEEE Centre
The WEEE Centre in Nairobi, Kenya and 15 Other Countries in Africa

The WEEE Centre, Nairobi Kenya offers recycling services for ICT waste to the general public, business, learning institutions, government and NGOs in East Africa working closely with social enterprise Close the Gap project. The increasing amount of E-waste has created a need to recycle them in an environment-friendly way and there are opportunities to reuse the ICT products to bridge technological gaps in low-income countries. Thus WEEE Centre works on the treatment of collected ICT waste by creating possibilities of reusing, dismantling and sourcing of downstream management in environmental compliance and has safely handled more than 10,000 tonnes of e-waste since inception.

UNEA - UN Environment Assembly
World commits to pollution-free planet at environment summit

The world today committed to a pollution-free planet at the close of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, with resolutions and pledges promising to improve the lives of billions across the globe by cleaning up our air, land and water.

CREED e.V.
Waste - A World Wide Problem

The examples of Nairobi, Kenya where waste is being disposed directly into the rivers and in Sao Paulo, Brasil the ocean is treated as a gigantic dumpsite.

Worst African Drought in 60 Years

The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions. The United Nations has described how more than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, and the situation is deteriorating.

Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - CCLR
The Impact of Energy Sector Reforms on Clean Development Mechanism Renewable Energy Projects in Kenya Tom Owino, Tom Morton

As a result of the World Bank heralded reforms of the 1980s and the need to address the cost and availability of electric power in Kenya, the country’s power sector has undergone significant restructuring.

Kenya - Dangers from E-waste-Recycling

The unregulated disposal of electronic waste has an effect like a timebomb in Kenya and other African countries.

UN Environment Programme
Unsustainable fashion and textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, highlighting the environmental and social challenges of overproduction and overconsumption caused by the sector’s linear business model.

UNEP
Five African countries unite to reduce release of hazardous chemicals from plastics

The Governments of Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe have launched a US$90-million project to reduce the releases of hazardous chemicals from plastics

Kenya - Health Care Waste

The uncontrolled handling of health care waste holds significant risks, last but not least the hazard of the transfer of HIV/Aids. The National Aids Control Council of the Kenyan Department of Health developed a management plan for health care waste.