Topnotch Garbage Solutions

Our venture seeks to curb emission of green houses gases from open burning of plastics and other solid wastes. In this regard, we focus to: reduce environmental pollution caused by municipal garbage in residential areas, prevent widespread of Covid-19, Typhoid, Malaria and other communicable and non-communicable, curb urban violence caused by huge heaps of hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes, protect public health and reduce skyrocketing youth unemployment. To address unending menace of garbage heaps, we propose to embrace and implement best means of solid waste collection, hauling, disposal and management especially in slums. We also intend to create awareness on the need observe personal and environmental hygiene by embracing efficient, sustainable and socially supported integrated systems. Citizen engagement through public participation and behaviour change is core to our venture. If scaled globally, our solution will create ‘inclusive, safe, resilient & sustainable’ urban and human settlements. 

The menace of municipal garbage is a threat to biodiversity, emergency of small and medium enterprises and other cardinal aspects in society. There is empirical evidence of wide range of businesses and households in Bungoma County Kenya; who can’t successfully collect, dispose off and manage their wastes. Close study of solid waste collection and management industry in Bungoma County and the entire country shows expanding nature of commercial business sectors, growth of real estate business, growing population (1.4 million people in 2009 and 1,670,570 people in 2019 in Bungoma County according Kenya National Bureau of Statistics figures) leading to steady demand for effective and efficient municipal and other household solid waste collection services.  In Bungoma County alone, more than one million residents have been adversely affected by huge heaps of garbage. Population growth, rise of the construction and commercial business ventures are just but some of the encouraging industry trends leading to high rates of solid waste generation. According to World Bank (2019), entire global cost of waste management is at $US 17.6 trillion annually. This is clear indicator that waste generation is an endless problem affecting majority. 

Our innovation is anchored on efficient, sustainable and socially supported integrated systems of solid waste management. We not only focus on waste collection, hauling, disposal and management; but also sort out materials that are recyclable. We encourage people to use bio-degradable bags and other equipments as opposed to plastics. We are focused abiding by the industry regulating rules and policies stipulated by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), county governments and other industry players. We understand that proper waste management is necessary to make Kenyan towns and municipalities sustainable and livable. We deal across all facets of hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes. We focus on changing the way people think about solid waste collection and management. We intend to ensure reliable and professional service delivery through well trained staff and other options such as environmental reporting. We aspire to be a game changer contributing positively towards attainment of Kenya’s Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-11).  In regards to this, we want to improve public health and flatten global warming curve through significantly reducing open burning of plastics, disease vector spreading and also curbing crime and violence in rural and rural areas.

Our target population is highly diversified comprising of slum residents, county governments, primary and secondary schools, farmers, universities, middle level colleges, healthcare facilities, construction sites, hotels, business complexes, laboratories and restaurants. Majority of our target population are not aware of the dangers posed by poorly managed solid wastes. 90% of waste is disposed in unregulated dumps and openly buried. Poorly managed waste has been serving as site for disease vectors and contributing to climate change (due to methane generation). We initiated a study to have clear image of individual perceptions on municipal garbage. We intend to rely on target population engagement through public participation and behaviour change to motivate waste reduction and best garbage collection and management practices. Our venture seeks to address individual needs by preventing widespread of Covid-19, Typhoid, Malaria and other communicable and non-communicable and also curb urban violence. Evidently, our innovation will create conducive environment for other business ventures that have been delayed due to uncollected and well managed municipal solid wastes. 

Solid waste management venture is a subset of health security and pandemic challenge. Proper waste management practices play pivotal role in curbing widespread of Covid-19, Cholera, influenza, SARS, Typhoid, Cancer and climate change. A clean environment translates to improved public health thus a noble course of containing spread of these deadly diseases. Our target population such as universities, middle level colleges and restaurants are vulnerable since they serve huge number of people. Therefore, environmental hygiene will cushion our target population from contracting and spreading these diseases.