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Josh Palfreman: Waste Ventures in East Africa

22 April, 2015 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SAST

 Waste Ventures in East Africa: a critical examination of the science, collection models and innovative technologies being employed by urban planners in Kenya and Tanzania
In this Brownbag, Josh Palfreman will be reflecting on the science, collection models and innovative technologies being employed by urban planners in Kenya and Tanzania in an effort to manage solid waste.
Abstract:
Josh Palfreman takes a market systems approach to develop a deeper understanding of solid waste management in Mombasa, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  His presentation will provide insight into a waste characterization study. This study was conducted to underpin the formulation of strategic waste management policy, geospatial analysis and scientific research to map formal and informal waste management stakeholders.  It further brings to attention how action research is used to support innovation and entrepreneurship in municipal solid waste collection models while piloting various technologies designed, manufactured and maintained in East Africa that are tailored to local skill sets and infrastructure, to enhance waste collection and recovery operations across the region. 

 

Biography:

Joshua Palfreman is an urban planning and waste management professional with over six years of experience in East Africa. In 2009, he founded WASTEDAR, an NGO providing waste management services in Tanzania. Palfreman currently provides technical assistance to DFID on waste management programmes run by the development arm in Kenya and has recently published works relating to waste pickers and innovative collection models tailored to developing world waste characteristics and resources; work that will feature in this year’s Fifteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium in Sardinia, Italy.

 

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Date:
22 April, 2015
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SAST
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Organizer

Katherine Hyman

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Studio 5
Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building, Upper Campus
Cape Town, South Africa
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