National Sustainable Waste Management Policy.

Kenya is an active participant in multiple international and regional conventions that address different aspects of the sustainable waste management challenge. The National Sustainable Waste Management Policy is a national sectoral strategy of Ethiopia for the period 2020-2030. Its goal is to protect public health and the environment, as well as drive job and wealth creation, by creating an enabling environment for sustainable, integrated waste management and the minimization of waste generation, to contribute to a circular economy.
In addition, the Strategy aims at achieving the right to a clean and healthy environment, as stated under the 2010 Constitution, as well as the right to a sustainable development.
The objectives the strategy sets up in order to achieve its goals comprehend the establishment of an effective legal and institutional framework to mainstream sustainable waste management measures and actions across relevant sectors, both at national and county levels; the promotion of a sustainable waste management through the implementation of the waste hierarchy and circular economy concepts; the enhancement of waste mapping, planning, segregation, collection, transportation and audit; the adoption of inclusive management with clear financial and accounting mechanisms at national and county levels to encourage investment initiatives in the implementation of sustainable waste management activities; the engagement, strengthening and building of partnerships with all stakeholders, including the private and informal sector, as well as the general public, through education and provision of waste management services to promote responsible waste management behaviour; the incentive of private sector investments in building and operating sustainable waste management infrastructures; the facilitation of widespread public awareness, participation, action and oversight of Kenya’s sustainable waste management policy, law, mechanisms, actions and investments at the national and county level; the formalization of the waste picker sector and the ensuring of safe working conditions through training and financing.
Equity, social inclusion, integrity and transparency will guide the implementation process which shall also stick to a series of well established principles: the precautionary principle, the polluter pays principle , the zero waste principle and the extended producer responsibility.