Contributions of community-based solid waste management to sustainable development : the case study of the Kisumu Ndogo Solid Waste Management Project

Abstract

Over the past decade and a half, sustainable development has become a major developmental focus for many international organizations. As a result, recognized inefficiencies of various governmental services in providing sustainable solutions have highlighted community-based organizations as a viable alternative. In Kenya, one area in which this has occurred is in solid waste management. Solid waste management services provided by many municipalities in developing countries are incapable of meeting demand, resulting in both direct and indirect negative effects on the recognized features of sustainable development: economic prosperity, environmental protection, and social advancement. Community-based organizations, including the case study organization the Kisumu Ndogo Solid Waste Management Project, offer themselves as an opportunity to make up for these losses and contribute to sustainable development. This researcher finds that indicators of sustainable development are present in the case study example, and therefore concludes that community-based solid waste management does contribute to sustainable development.