Progress towards the circular economy: case studies of sanitation and organic waste–derived resource recovery technologies in South Africa

cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gainsen_US
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZAen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMabhaudhi T: 0000-0002-9323-8127en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1201/9781003327615-6en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052576en_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorBadza, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMusazura, W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShozi, M. Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOdindo, A. O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMabhaudhi, Tafadzwanasheen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T23:19:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-02-01T23:19:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138834en_US
dc.titleProgress towards the circular economy: case studies of sanitation and organic waste–derived resource recovery technologies in South Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe circular economy (CE) approach has attracted worldwide attention in the recent past due to increased global growth in natural resource use. The growth in natural resource extraction has been happening much faster than previously forecasted, hence the need for alternative and sustainable, transformative options for growing circular economies worldwide. In this chapter, the focus is on the progress made in South Africa on the transition towards a CE in the sanitation and organic waste management sectors. We interrogate the technologies currently existing in the country and how they contribute to resource recovery from sanitation products for reuse in the agricultural sector. The sanitation products value chain is targeted based on two basic principles: (a) decreasing resource exploitation and (b) increasing waste reduction, that is, evaluating evidence of increased resource use efficiencies and reduced waste generation in the local context. The reasons for the transition to a CE and available organic waste resource recovery technologies are highlighted, as the limitations hindering progress in achieving a CE and potential avenues to address these limitations are presented.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBadza, T.; Musazura, W.; Shozi, M. Z.; Odindo, A. O.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2024. Progress towards the circular economy: case studies of sanitation and organic waste–derived resource recovery technologies in South Africa. In Nhamo, L.; Mpandeli, S.; Liphadzi, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. (Eds.). Circular and transformative economy: advances towards sustainable socio-economic transformation. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp.101-138. (Africa Circular Economy Series)en_US
dcterms.isPartOfAfrica Circular Economy Seriesen_US
dcterms.issued2024-02-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCRC Pressen_US
dcterms.subjectcircular economyen_US
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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