Reverse logistics system and recycling potential at a landfill: A case study from Kampala City
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Date
2015
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Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The rapid growing population and high urbanisation rates in Sub-Saharan Africa has caused enormous pressure on collection services of the generated waste in the urban areas. This has put a burden on land- filling, which is the major waste disposal method. Waste reduction, re-use and recycling opportunities exist but are not fully utilized. The common items that are re-used and re-cycled are plastics, paper, alu- minum, glass, steel, cardboard, and yard waste. This paper develops an overview of reverse logistics at Kiteezi landfill, the only officially recognised waste disposal facility for Kampala City. The paper analyses, in details the collection, re-processing, re-distribution and final markets of these products into a reversed supply chain network. Only 14% of the products at Kiteezi landfill are channeled into the reverse chain while 63% could be included in the distribution chain but are left out and disposed of while the remaining 23% is buried. This is because of the low processing power available, lack of market value, lack of knowl- edge and limited value addition activities to the products. This paper proposes possible strategies of effi- cient and effective reverse logistics development, applicable to Kampala City and other similar cities.
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This is a research paper on Reverse logistics system and recycling potential at a landfill, a case study from Kampala City.
Keywords
Disposal - Landfill, Reversed products, Waste management -Kampala
Citation
: Joel R. Kinobe, Charles B. Niwagaba, Girma Gebresenbet & Björn Vinnerås (2015) Reverse logistics system and recycling potential at a landfill: A case study from Kampala City., Journal of Waste Management 42 (2015) 82–92, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/jasman.2015.04.012 Elsevier Ltd.