Informal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorKatusiimeh, Mesharch W.
dc.contributor.authorBurger, Kees
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T17:58:01Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T17:58:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWe analyze how the informal collectors and the formal sector co-exist in solid waste collection in Kampala. We rely on household surveys and a small survey among the informal collectors in Kampala. Findings suggest that informal collectors play a substantial role in the first stage e collecting solid waste from the households, notably from poorer segments of the population. This is not the ‘dualist’ aspect of poor earnings but actually made possible by them escaping control on where to deposit the waste. Employing a simple technology, and bringing the waste no farther than the nearest unofficial ‘collection point’, they provide services at low cost to the households, but much less so to the community (environmentally of little use). If public provisions can be made for the second stage in waste collection, this may trigger even more supply of small-scale collecting services, a combination that may prove cost effective.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKatusiimeh, M. W., Burger, K., & Mol, A. P. (2013). Informal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Uganda. Habitat International, 38, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.09.002en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.09.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7598
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHabitat Internationalen_US
dc.subjectFormalen_US
dc.subjectInformalen_US
dc.subjectSolid waste collectionen_US
dc.subjectCo-existenceen_US
dc.titleInformal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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