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    "content": "waste management in the country, only regulations will spell out in detail this collaboration. Currently, we have existing legal frameworks that may address this matter of waste management. They include the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the National Solid Waste Management Strategy developed by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in 2014, the Urban Area and Cities Act of 2011, the Environment and Coordination Act of 1999, Waste Management Regulation of 2006 and the County Government Act of 2012. With the regulations, we can actually also get benefits from waste management. Waste is not something that should just be discarded or disposed of with no regard for future use. It can be valuable resource if addressed correctly through policy and practice. With rational and consistent waste management practices, there is an opportunity to reap a range of benefits. There is an economic benefit. They will improve the economic efficiency through the means of resource use. Treatment and disposal and creating markets for the recycled product can lead to efficient practices in the production and consumptions of products and materials resulting in valuable materials being recovered for reuse and the potential for new jobs and new business opportunities. There is also a social benefit. By reducing adverse impacts on health by proper waste management practices, one of the resulting consequences is a more appealing settlement. Better social advantages can lead to new sources of employment and potentially also lifting communities out of poverty. That is common in the developing poorer countries and cities which Kenya is struggling to move out from. There is also environmental benefit. This will be reducing or eliminating adverse impact on the environment through reducing, reusing, recycling and minimising resource extraction which can provide improved air and water quality and help in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Intergenerational equity is one of the other benefits. Effective waste management practices can provide subsequent generations a more robust economy, a fairer and more inclusive society and a cleaner environment As a developing country, we face a lot of challenges in this waste management. In our cities or counties, we have experienced exhausted waste collection services and inadequately managed and uncontrolled dumpsites. The problems are getting worse. The problem with governance complicates the situation that only clear-cut regulations will address. As we proceed and come up with regulation that will help the country at large then it will be a big benefit to the country and we shall put a lot of these challenges behind us. We also have a lot of challenges along the lack of understanding of different factors that contribute to the hierarchy of waste management, effect the treatment of waste and such problems facing our country as urbanization and changing life styles take root. Waste management or waste disposal is one of the activities and actions that will be required to manage the waste from its inception to its final disposal. This will include among other things collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste together with monitoring and regulations. It will also encompass the legal and regulatory framework that relates to waste management, encompassing guidance or recycling."
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