waste management

Durban: Powered by waste

Signe Cecilie Jochumsen — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:22:49 +0000

Generating energy from waste

A report from the Mayors Climate Summit

Fredrik Gyllenhoff — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:51:47 +0000

Mayors representing more than 80 cities around the world have been at the Mayors Climate Summit the last few days. Representing more than half the world’s population, these leaders have more than just a periphery responsibility.

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Nairobi: Compost creates income for park maintenance

Julie Abitz — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:50:33 +0000

Kibera, a slum of Nairobi, Kenya, has found a solution to huge waste management problems by creating a new type of public space – so called productive parks. In Kibera trash is usually deposited in the nearby river and swept away during seasonal flooding. There is approximately one toilet for every 500 people. Residents use plastic bags as their primary mean of disposing faeces. Filled bags are tossed along the road or into the river and lead to significant health problems. About 700.000 to 1 million inhabitants live in Kibera.

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