Informal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Uganda

Katusiimeh, Mesharch W.; Burger, Kees; Mol, Arthur P.J.

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.09.002

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“…There are projects where the focus has been on residents and waste pickers as co‐producers of basic services in partnerships with local governments, rather than as recipients of services from aid programmes (Zapata Campos and Zapata ; Yates and Gutberlet ). In the absence of formal waste services, an extensive informal sector of waste pickers has become involved in collecting and recycling household waste (Gutberlet, , Katuiimeh et al ., , Oteng‐Ababio et al ., ). These informal waste pickers contribute significantly to carbon footprint reduction (da Silva Carvalho et al ., ; Mitlin, ; Wilson et al ., ), resource recovery, improvement of environmental conditions and health of low‐income residents and job creation among the poor.…”

Section: Waste Management Programmes In Informal Settlementsmentioning

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Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through

Kain

Nyakinya²,

Odhiambo

et al. 2016

Public Admin & Development

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Summary This paper examines how policies and plans are translated into informal settlements' practice. It builds on literature on policy implementation practice and organization studies, and more particularly, it applies the concepts of reframing, anchoring and muddling through. The paper is informed by the case of Kisumu City in Kenya and its Kisumu Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan and its implementation on Kisumu's informal settlements. The plan was funded by the Swedish International Development Agency through the United Nations Human Settlement Programme and implemented from 2007 to 2009. The study is based on action research carried out by a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary group of researchers, through focus groups, participatory workshops, collaborative action, in‐depth interviews, document analysis and observations. The paper examines what original aspects of Kisumu Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan were translated, that is, which ones faded out and which ones became stabilized into and travel as ‘best practices’ to other locations. The paper shows how the generation of ‘best practices’ can be loosely coupled with the practices that policy seeks to change. It concludes, in line with previous research in the field, how successful policy implementation is based on cultural and political interpretations rather on evidence of improved practices. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Waste Management Programmes In Informal Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through

Kain

Nyakinya²,

Odhiambo

et al. 2016

Public Admin & Development

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“…Makindye division is mainly a residential area with a mixture of very-low-income and medium-to high-income areas, in addition to being generally periurban in nature (Mugagga, 2006). Kampala's other divisions are Rubaga, which is more periurban in nature, and Nakawa, which has the highest concentration of rich neighborhoods (Katusiimeh et al, 2013).…”

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Characterization of municipal waste in Kampala, Uganda

Komakech

Banadda

Kinobe

et al. 2014

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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The result of the waste characterization in Kampala was found to be significantly different from that obtained for other Sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities, showing that studies assuming average values for the waste fractions are likely to result in erroneous results. Furthermore, no reduction in organic fraction of the waste was noticed when compared with a study done two decades ago in spite of greatly improved economic status of Kampala city, a finding that is not in agreement with several other similar studies done for other SSA cities.

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“…According to the dualist, IWS activities, which become more pronounced during times of economic crisis; are detrimental to the economic growth of a country, with the consequence that the focus of the policy should be to criminalize or eliminate the IWS and create more formal jobs. The MSW collection privatization concepts of the World Bank and the micro-privatization models of the ILO from the beginning of 1990s, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, are seen as products of the dualist school of thought [22,23].…”

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Working with the Informal Service Chain as a Locally Appropriate Strategy for Sustainable Modernization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Lower-Middle Income Cities: Lessons from Accra, Ghana

Oduro-Appiah

Afful

Kotey³

et al. 2019

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Twenty years of formal private sector participation in solid waste management in Ghana has failed to deliver an increase in collection coverage and recycling rates. This article shares lessons and experiences from Accra, Ghana, a middle-income city where researchers and municipal solid waste managers have collaborated to modernize the municipal solid waste management system by working together to develop a locally appropriate response to the informal waste service sector. Stakeholders have used inclusive decision-making and participatory research methods to bring formal service providers to work in partnership with their informal counterparts to improve collection and recycling. The Wasteaware benchmark indicator framework has been used to assess and compare the improvements in the physical and governance aspects of the municipal solid waste management system, supplemented by statistical analysis of responses to a survey on the socio-economic contribution of the informal service providers in the city. Within two years of their inclusion, the number of informal service providers has increased by 71 percent, from 350 to 600, creating new livelihoods and contributing to poverty reduction. The informal service providers have been able to increase collection coverage from 75% to 90%, waste capture from 53% to 90%, and recycling rates from 5% to 18%, saving the municipality US$5,460,000.00 in annual operational costs. The results have influenced the decision-makers to move towards structural integration of the informal service providers into the formal waste service system. The shift towards practical, locally responsive interventions in Accra provides a positive example of sustainable waste management modernization, and key lessons for cities in similar economies.

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Informal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Uganda

Cited by 48 publications

References 18 publications

Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through

Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through

Characterization of municipal waste in Kampala, Uganda

Working with the Informal Service Chain as a Locally Appropriate Strategy for Sustainable Modernization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Lower-Middle Income Cities: Lessons from Accra, Ghana

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