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Sanitation
Government of Italy funds solid waste feasibility
study in Kenya’s Ngong town
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From left: Mauro Massoni, Ambassador of Italy to Kenya, The
Government of Kenya representatives Alice Manyala and Geoffrey Sigia.
and UN-Habitat Representatives Andrew Cox during the signing of a
contribution agreement towards improving solid waste in Ngong town. Photo
©Julius Mwelu/UN-Habitat
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he Government of Italy is providing a soft loan to
the Government of Kenya to improve solid waste
management in Ngong town, a satellite urban
centre of the capital city, Nairobi.
technical feasibility, the applicable technology for
resource recovery and financial feasibility;
Consultative workshops with stakeholders and
public awareness campaigns on proper waste
management
Development of a full size project document for
the integrated solid waste management project
in Ngong town with recycling plan to recover
resources from waste.
The current illegal dumping site of Ngong Town receives
over 40 tons of waste daily, 60% of which is organic
waste that could be transformed into biogas energy.
130 families are working and earning a living from the
dumpsite. The environmental damages from the illegal
dumpsite are adverse.
WaterAid has provided a dreamy disco-balled
toilet for Glastonbury
The stunt aims to raise awareness of basic water
facilities around the world.
The project will allow the introduction of sanitary landfill
techno