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One of our project partner companies Turmec have diverted 44.435 million tons of MSW from going to Landfill dumps and now being processed

In terms of economic inputs by the County (and subsequent customer for the electricity – we are proposing the Power Purchase Agreement cost per KWh be set at 12.5 Kenyan Shillings or $0.10 USD) – Once agreement has been reached to appoint us and sign off on our funding agreements then a focused Feasibility study should find that an injection of payment from the budget for the electricity will be needed only in the early years, after which the energy boost to the local industries and living standard should raise the floor on County revenues, such that the annual cost is easily afforded so the cost of any Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) become much less of a burden on the County as growth occurs – the Circular Economy in action. If the energy payment collections for delivered energy is smart, the Kisumu County Government should have almost no budgetary outlays, and can simply pay from those new energy revenues, which in turn should attract new industries to base in Kisumu, increasing their standard corporate revenues as well as energy revenues.

The City’s Solid Waste Management Crisis Kisumu city is faced with problems of lack of solid waste collection facilities and low efficiencies in operation of existing facilities as well as the design, capacity and location of final disposal sites. The poor management of solid waste has resulted into generation of leachate which pollutes the ground water and soil, the spread of infectious diseases, blockage of sewers and drainage systems, spread of foul smoke from private burning of waste as well as pollution of Lake Victoria through run-off. Plastic waste used in most packaging is the most conspicuous nuisance, littering many parts of the City‟s commercial, industrial and residential neighbourhoods. Furthermore, scavengers and others are exposed to health risks as no separation of hazardous waste fractions is practiced. As stated above, most of the solid waste generated in the city remains uncollected with a collection efficiency estimated at 30%. The collection that takes place is shared between the city authority and a few private collectors mainly concentrated in the high income areas, leaving the poor peri-urban neighbourhoods largely unattended. Waste transported to the dumpsite for disposal is not properly managed, often applying open burning to reduce the waste volume. Many households, particularly in the peri-urban and extended areas do not have the privilege of any mode of collection, and have resorted to private burning of waste or digging their own pits to bury the waste on site.