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Title	Waste as Business: Emerging Ugandan micro- and Small-sized Businesses in Resource Recovery and safe Reuse
ID_Doc	78354
Authors	Bagire, V; Wafler, M; Rieck, C; Asiimwe, J; Abaho, E; Atisinguza, F; Lugali, Y; Namanya, C
Title	Waste as Business: Emerging Ugandan micro- and Small-sized Businesses in Resource Recovery and safe Reuse
Year	2021
Published
Abstract	This paper highlights local experiences, opportunities and common challenges faced by microand small-sized businesses in Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) with a special focus on briquette making businesses from faecal sludge and other household waste. The study enlisted the potential that RRR has in preserving the environment through through hybrid business models in sanitation. It used field methods of identifying businesses and providing them with business development support, while testing the potential to become sustainable faecal sludge enterprises. The findings indicated that the small businesses still face several challenges in integrating faecal sludge into the business models profitably. We recommend high level attention by government, academic institutions and entrepreneurs for policy, research and management innovations. This will have a combined benefit of sanitation improvement as well as having entrepreneurial innovations and business growth from waste.
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