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Excreta ought not to be viewed solely as a problem but as a potential resource from which valuable resources can be obtained and sold to consumers. One of the resources that can be recovered from faecal sludge is briquettes. Briquettes can be processed from faecal sludge and used as a sustainable...

Lusaka has one of the fast-growing populations in Zambia with majority of these people residing in peri-urban areas. The efforts by the Lusaka Water Supply Sanitation Company (LWSC) to provide adequate and sustainable Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) services has been hampered by a lack of systems...

Waste to Energy is a Suitable option for municipal Solid Waste Management and a source of renewable energy. Generation of massive waste due to population growth and urbanization and an energy down turn in Zambia particularly Ndola is a daunting task for the city. The purpose of this study was to...

The Chunga landfill located in the northern part of Lusaka city receives on a daily basis approximately 500 tonnes of comingled waste comprising mostly municipal solid waste (MSW). The MSW has being accumulating over the years within the limited space at the landfill without being recycled....

The visionary concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy advocates a system that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility policies have been widely adopted since the 1990’s, particularly in developed countries as an effective instrument for...

It is estimated that 70 percent of Lusaka’s 2 million population live in peri-urban areas and 90 percent of whom rely on onsite sanitation (OSS) systems which are in poor condition. The rapid population growth in these unplanned settlements coupled with poor sanitation conditions has resulted in...

The economic growth and industrial development of any county requires a drive from energy hence the industrial development of any nation is dependent on its energy supply. Demand for energy in Zambia has been rising due to robust GDP growth of more than 6 percent per year for the past decade in...

Lusaka city has over 70 percent of its population residing in peri-urban areas where more than 90 percent of the residents rely on pit latrines for excreta disposal. However, no Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) systems exist to manage the faecal sludge from these facilities. This situation results...

Disposal of household effluent by septic tank systems is the most common method carried out by people that live in Lusaka’s forthcoming settlements, in Zambia. Furthermore, water for domestic use is primarily supplied from private boreholes because of the absence of piped water; and lack of...

According to the World Bank, Zambia generates approximately 0.9 kg of solid waste per person per day. The strategies in place for Municipal solid waste (MSW) management include a combination of three techniques: recycling, combustion, and landfill disposal. In Lusaka, at least 22.5 % of the waste...