Project Update: Open burning workshop in Nigeria

This week, the Royal Academy of Engineering hosted a consultative workshop in Nairobi on the EngineeringX-led roadmap to end the open burning of waste in Africa by 2040, with partners Practical Action, UN-Habitat and Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

“To end the open burning of waste we need massive small actions” 

-Desta Mebratu  

The workshop included 40 experts from twelve African countries working for local, regional, and national governments, development banks, NGOs, universities, United Nations bodies, and more, to help set milestones and actions for the next fifteen years.

When people don’t have access to sufficient waste management systems, they often burn their waste, unaware of the severe effects it can have on health. The partnership aims to not only raise awareness of the dangers of open burning, but also to provide alternatives.