Publication: Sustainable Management of Organic Waste in Municipalities: PathwaystoBio-Energy, Bio-Fertilizer Production, and Climate Action
| dc.contributor.author | Mbugua J. Kamau, & Waswa G. Andati | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-10-26T08:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Kenya’smunicipalitiesareexperiencingrapidurbanization,whichhasledtoasignificantincreaseinthegenerationoforganicwaste,particularlyfromslaughterhouses,open-airmarkets,andwastewatersystems.Poormanagementofthiswastecontributesheavilytoenvironmentalpollution,publichealthhazards,andgreenhousegas(GHG)emissions.Thisstudyinvestigatessustainablepathwaysformanagingmunicipalorganicwaste,withafocusonwaste-to-bioenergyandwaste-to-biofertilizersolutionsasintegralcomponentsofclimateaction.Thisresearchemphasizestheuntappedpotentialofanaerobicdigestionandcompostingtechnologiestoconvertslaughterandmarketwastesintovaluableenergyandagriculturalinputs.Italsoexaminestheroleofdecentralizedtreatmentsystemsinmitigatingmethaneemissionsandenhancingurbansanitation.GroundedinKenya'spolicycontextandsupportedbyrecentliterature;thestudyoutlinesthetechnical,institutional,andfinancialbarrierstoadoptingcircularwastestrategies.Itproposesamulti-stakeholderapproachinvolvinglocalgovernments,privatesectoractors,anddevelopmentpartnerstoimplementscalable,low-carbonsolutions.Thepaperconcludeswithtargetedrecommendationsaimedatimprovingsourcesegregation,promotingdecentralizedbiogasandcompostingsystems,enforcingwastewatertreatmentregulations,andunlockingclimatefinanceopportunities.Thesestrategies,ifwell-executed,couldtransformKenya’surbanwastelandscapeintoadriverofgreengrowth,publichealth,andenvironmentalsustainability | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.nrf.go.ke/handle/123456789/1665 | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Environmental Ecology | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025) | |
| dc.subject | Bio-enegy | |
| dc.subject | Bio-fertilizer | |
| dc.subject | Climate Action | |
| dc.subject | Municipalities | |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | |
| dc.title | Sustainable Management of Organic Waste in Municipalities: PathwaystoBio-Energy, Bio-Fertilizer Production, and Climate Action | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |