Life and waste recycling: Innovative waste management options in Africa

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Swaibu Kasenke

Kyambogo University, Uganda

: Expert Opin Environ Biol

Abstract

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The objectives of African waste policy are to reduce the negative impact of waste on the environment and public health and to ensure the most efficient use of resources, particularly natural resources. Towards these goals, it aims to improve and strengthen measures to prevent the disposal of waste and promote its re-use, recycling or recovery. This has already resulted in ever growing waste mountains. In exercise of the Environment Management Act 2005 in Uganda, and after consulting the Ministers respectively responsible for environmental hazards, land, mineral resources, agriculture, fisheries and forests, I proposed these regulations – every commercial or industrial facility that discharges liquid, air, batteries waste or pollutant from any of its premises must hold the following 1-Liquid waste permit in respect of the discharge. 2-Needs for Batteries handling permit. 3-Needs for water waste permit. 4-Needs for air pollution permit. 5-Need for waste plastic Bottle permit and etc. The exercise intended reduced the waste and recycled more to make difference.

Biography

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Swaibu kasenke has completed his diploma in agriculture and currently pursuing agriculture and environmental sciences on degree basis in Makerere University. He is currently working in recycling and pollution control at Acquila Recycling plant Kampala, Uganda.

E-mail: shuaakase@gmail.com