Kenyan urban centres face waste crisis, United Nations report warnsThursday, February 29th, 2024 04:04 | By George KebasoGarbage at Shauri Moyo Estate, Nairobi. Titled Beyond an age of waste: Turning rubbish into a resource, UNEP’s Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 (GWMO 2024) provides an update on global waste generation and the cost of waste and its management since 2018. According to the report, municipal solid waste generation is predicted to grow from 2.3 billion tonnes in 2023 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050. Without urgent action on waste management, by 2050 this global annual cost could almost double to a staggering USD 640.3 billion. “Waste generation is intrinsically tied to GDP, and many fast-growing economies are struggling under the burden of rapid waste growth.
