Friends,
The World Bank has just given a projection that there will be a sharp rise on the Municipal Solid Waste across the World with the Developing and Under Developed World bearing the brunt of this more significantly by the Year 2025, just 5 years to our envisaged magic year of 2030.
The Next Frontier- Provincial Administrators must step in to solve the menace that is Solid Waste across our Towns.
It is estimated that the amount of Solid Waste will rise from the current 1.3 billion tonnes per year to 2.2 billion tonnes per year. The annual cost of solid waste management is projected to rise from the current $205 billion to $375 billion, with cost increasing most severely in low income countries.
The report indicates that- 'as a country urbanizes and populations become wealthier, the consumption of inorganic materials (e.g. plastics, paper, glass, aluminum) increases, while the relative organic fraction decreases'.
What does this portend for us in Kenya?
We are happy that at The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC, we have been working with several partners and the people of Kenya to help address this issue. We are keen on piloting Separation of Waste at Source from 1st August, and we want to invite all those who believe that we can make a difference to join with us in this process.
Several studies on Waste Management has been done in Kenya and it is time we moved from the Boardrooms and Seminars to the trenches for implementation. We cannot solve our problem of waste by doing nothing about it.
A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya is our responsibility and this report from the World Bank simply strengthens our resolve.
In this Transformative Process, we are indeed happy that we are working with the Public Service Transformation Department, the National Environment Management Authority, the Provincial Administration, the various Councils in Kenya and the People of Kenya in ensuring that we all take personal responsibility for the waste we generate.
No one will Clean Kenya for us. It must be our responsibility.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557,
Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
The World Bank has just given a projection that there will be a sharp rise on the Municipal Solid Waste across the World with the Developing and Under Developed World bearing the brunt of this more significantly by the Year 2025, just 5 years to our envisaged magic year of 2030.
The Next Frontier- Provincial Administrators must step in to solve the menace that is Solid Waste across our Towns.It is estimated that the amount of Solid Waste will rise from the current 1.3 billion tonnes per year to 2.2 billion tonnes per year. The annual cost of solid waste management is projected to rise from the current $205 billion to $375 billion, with cost increasing most severely in low income countries.
The report indicates that- 'as a country urbanizes and populations become wealthier, the consumption of inorganic materials (e.g. plastics, paper, glass, aluminum) increases, while the relative organic fraction decreases'.
What does this portend for us in Kenya?
We are happy that at The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC, we have been working with several partners and the people of Kenya to help address this issue. We are keen on piloting Separation of Waste at Source from 1st August, and we want to invite all those who believe that we can make a difference to join with us in this process.
Several studies on Waste Management has been done in Kenya and it is time we moved from the Boardrooms and Seminars to the trenches for implementation. We cannot solve our problem of waste by doing nothing about it.
A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya is our responsibility and this report from the World Bank simply strengthens our resolve.
In this Transformative Process, we are indeed happy that we are working with the Public Service Transformation Department, the National Environment Management Authority, the Provincial Administration, the various Councils in Kenya and the People of Kenya in ensuring that we all take personal responsibility for the waste we generate.
No one will Clean Kenya for us. It must be our responsibility.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557,
Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
The Clean Kenya Campaign; Website-www.kcdnkenya.org
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