Urban organic waste streams

This research paper introduces a framework for assessing the societal impacts of resource recovery from urban organic waste streams at a city scale, which was tested using a case study in Naivasha, Kenya.

• The paper proposes a framework to assess the environmental and social benefits and trade-offs of increasing circularity in urban organic waste resource recovery. This framework was developed through a literature review of existing frameworks and stakeholder interviews, and it is designed to be useful in early planning stages even when data availability is low.
• Application of the framework to Naivasha, Kenya, suggests that increased circularity in organic waste could improve sustainability by creating jobs, increasing natural resource efficiency, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the case study also identified risks, including potential negative impacts on smallholder farmers and the health of workers at resource recovery facilities.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Urban organic waste streams. https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-organic-waste-streams/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Urban organic waste streams. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-organic-waste-streams/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022urban, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Urban organic waste streams}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/urban-organic-waste-streams/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }