This workshop on sanitation was given by Viivi Hakanen, she gave first a general presentation about Overview of sanitation challenges in developing countries and presented the area we would focus on, Soweto East in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. In the workshop we imagined that we were participants of a UN conference on sanitation and small talked with each other of different questions on sanitation. After every topic people were asked to write down some thoughts and key words, and stick them to the wall at the question. When all the topics were through we divided into groups that looked deeper into the different answers and then presented the results for the rest of the conference audience.
I was in the group about solid waste management. My suggestion for Soweto East would be to educate children to educate their families about waste management, at school waste would be minimized, sorted in the classrooms and recycled. The children would also be asked what kind of trash they have at home and what they do about that.
At the same time a mapping of current recycling workers and litter pickers would be made, that would also look at how solid waste is managed in the rest of the city and if Soweto East could link to that wit a few collection points. If that would not be possible it would be good to try to reuse as much as possible of the waste, sort organic waste and compost it or produce bio gas, reuse paper for new paper and find ways to use plastic bags and bottles.
Entrepreneurs in upcycling could show how waste gets value and motivate others to sort their waste, that way plastic bags would not even end up laying around in the mud. My grandma made carpets out of plastic milk bags, that we still have in use at our cottage. I think plastic bags still could be used like that, or form thread for knittings or crocheting.
Some friends of mine in Berlin, Germany and Asturias, Spain are working on a upcycling handbook, I guess spreading these ideas also inspire to action. These are some ideas, for a good project that would go further that the start a lot of community commitment is needed. Some how I feel like a lot of studies should be made, and then the implications, but on another hand it feels like now is the time to act.
Further reeding:
Sandec Training Tool - Version 1.0 - Module 4: Sanitation Systems & Technologies
I was in the group about solid waste management. My suggestion for Soweto East would be to educate children to educate their families about waste management, at school waste would be minimized, sorted in the classrooms and recycled. The children would also be asked what kind of trash they have at home and what they do about that.
At the same time a mapping of current recycling workers and litter pickers would be made, that would also look at how solid waste is managed in the rest of the city and if Soweto East could link to that wit a few collection points. If that would not be possible it would be good to try to reuse as much as possible of the waste, sort organic waste and compost it or produce bio gas, reuse paper for new paper and find ways to use plastic bags and bottles.
Entrepreneurs in upcycling could show how waste gets value and motivate others to sort their waste, that way plastic bags would not even end up laying around in the mud. My grandma made carpets out of plastic milk bags, that we still have in use at our cottage. I think plastic bags still could be used like that, or form thread for knittings or crocheting.
Some friends of mine in Berlin, Germany and Asturias, Spain are working on a upcycling handbook, I guess spreading these ideas also inspire to action. These are some ideas, for a good project that would go further that the start a lot of community commitment is needed. Some how I feel like a lot of studies should be made, and then the implications, but on another hand it feels like now is the time to act.
Further reeding:
Sandec Training Tool - Version 1.0 - Module 4: Sanitation Systems & Technologies
Understanding Small Scale Providers of Sanitation Services: A Case Study of Kibera Water and Sanitation Program - Africa, World Bank, 2005
Living in the Bucket - video
Pictures from Kibera - Matleena
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