Launch of the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) Plan for Nairobi

The preparation of an Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) Plan for Nairobi was officially launched on 17 March 2009 at the UN Complex in Gigiri, by the Deputy Director of UNEP’s Regional Office for Africa (ROA) Mr. Peter Acquah. 

The launch was followed by a two-day training on ‘Waste Characterization and Quantification with Future Projections’ for the National Task Team (NTT) constituted by CCN to spearhead the development of the Plan. Research assistants, who will support the team in waste inventorying and analysis of current waste management systems, also took part in the training. The training was conducted by experts from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) Japan.

The activity is a collaborative process between UNEP, UCT, CCN, Government agencies, local universities and NGOs. The Plan, whose main objective is to maximize resource efficiency through the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle), will include all aspects from waste minimization, segregation, collection, transportation, reuse/recycle, resource recovery, treatment and disposal. Detailed actions and schemes that include regulatory and financial policy framework, environmentally sound technologies, public private partnerships, awareness raising and capacity building, will also be developed under the Plan for implementation.

Download more information about the workshop from here:

• Agenda
• Participants List
• Launch and Training Report Summary.
• Photo Gallery

Speeches and presentations:

• Launch
  
  
  • Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for Nairobi Opening Remarks
    Peter Aquah, Deputy Director, Regional Office for Africa
    
    
  • Nairobi Rivers Basin Rehabilitation and Restoration Program
    Ministry of Environment and MineralResources
    
    
  • Integrated Solid Waste Management Why, What and How?
    Surya Prakash Chandak, UNEP
    
    
  • An Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for Maseru City- Lessons learnt
    A-Prof. Harro von Blottnitz
    
    
  • The Proposed Implementation Plan
    Eng. B. K. Njenga, City Council of Nairobi
    
• Training
  
  
  • Mapping Solid Waste - I Roadmap for Data Collection
    Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, United Nations Environment Programme - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
    
    
  • Mapping Solid Waste - IISample Collection & Analysis
    Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, United Nations Environment Programme - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
    
    
  • Mapping Solid Waste – IIIMunicipal Solid Waste
    Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, United Nations Environment Programme - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
    
    
  • Mapping Solid Waste – IVData Analysis & Presentation
    Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, United Nations Environment Programme - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
    
    
  • Assessment of Current Waste Management System and Gaps therein & Target Setting for ISWM
    International Environmental Technology Centre
    
    
  • Specific Waste StreamsConstruction & Demolition (C&D)WEEE / E-waste
    Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, United Nations Environment Programme - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
    
    
  • Health Care Wastes
    Surya Prakash Chandak, UNEP
    
    
  • Industrial WasteQuantification and Characterization
    Surya Prakash Chandak, UNEP
    
    
  • Integrated Solid Waste ManagementWuxi New District, PCWaste Characterization & Quantification
    International Environmental Technology Centre
    
    
  • Integrated Solid Waste ManagementWuxi New District, PRCStakeholders’ Concerns
    International Environmental Technology Centre
    
    
  • ISWM Plan for Nairobi:Training on Baseline for Waste Data
    A-Prof. Harro von Blottnitz
    
    
  • Maps for SWM in Nairobi
    Eng. B. K. Njenga, City Council of Nairobi