This document summarizes a sustainable waste management project in Liberia called Green Cities Inc. that aims to address waste issues while creating jobs. It collects waste, sorts it, and adds value through composting organic waste, reusing/recycling plastics and electronics, and producing finished goods. It has created over 2000 indirect jobs and reduced pollution. It seeks additional funds to scale operations like transportation, equipment, facilities, and administration. The integrated approach of addressing multiple waste streams makes the business more sustainable.

1. Sustainable Waste management
Green Cities Inc

2. Introduction
Context and background
Waste generation in Africa is projected to grow to 244 million tonnes per year by 2025.The
average composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Africa (sub- Saharan Africa) is about 57 per cent organic, 9
per cent paper/cardboard, 13 per cent plastic, 4 per cent glass, 4 per cent metal and 13 per cent other
materials.
According to the World Bank most recent tonnage data, the waste collection rate in the city of Monrovia was
approximately 800 tons of domestic solid waste per day, representing approximately 45 % of the total waste
generated in the city. The remainder (approximately 55 %) is not covered by the formal solid waste
collection system. The question is, how do we handle the remaining 55%?
According to Liberia’s 2008 census, over 60% of the population is aged 35 years and below and this
constitutes the youthful population. A significant proportion of the people living in slums and other high-
density areas are poor youth who are unemployed with no employable skills. In addition to this, Liberia’s
urban population has increased by nearly 71 percent since the end of the civil war, as more and more
people migrated from the leeward counties to the urban centres’, particularly Monrovia and Paynesville.
Unfortunately, this urbanization has been met by increasingly poor environmental conditions in urban
centers. Solid waste disposal has become an overwhelming task for the municipal authorities that face
severe constraints in tackling the mounting waste situation.

3. Project Description
Sustainable Waste management through collection, Reuse, Composting, Refurbishing, and
Recycling is a project designed by Green Cities Inc. to add economic value to waste while
creating livelihood opportunity for youths and women. Our mission is to create clean, green
and healthy environment through waste value chain. To achieve this, we do the following:
Composting organic waste into quality organic fertilizer for farmers.
We collect, clean and re-brand plastic bottle and other inorganic waste for reuse purpose,
We work with youths and women who collect plastics, can, Aluminum, used car battery,
bottle, and other recyclable waste and sell to us.
Plastic recycling: we are producing Geometric tools for students and also producing Rubber
latex collection cup for rubber farmers. Our production is flexible and is base on the market
needs.
Currently, we are refurbishing electronic wastes into second life equipment and those that
cannot be refurbish are package for export to e waste recycling company in Netherlands. As
for our plastic recycling project, we are producing Geometric tools for schools and also
Rubber latex cup for smallholder rubber farmers in Liberia.

4. Benefits
Social Impact/Environmental Impact
Job creating: With our intervention in waste management through value chain, we have
created more than 2000 indirect jobs for youth and women and 42 direct jobs for youth and
women.
Reduce Greenhouse gas emission: With this team, we have reduced greenhouse gas by
recycling 423 tons of plastic (reducing CO2 by 2,538,000 tons), refurbished and recycled 124
tons (reducing CO2 by 178,560 tons), and process 12654 tons of organic waste into fertilizer.
50% of the plastic collected for recycling were collected from communities close to river, big
drainages, and the ocean.Reduce environmental pollution by adding value to organic waste
Reduce the increase in plastic waste by recycling plastic into quality finish products.
Reduce the volume of waste going into our national landfill.

5. Implementation
Implementation stages
1. The first stage of our business is waste collection. We cannot recycle if we do not collect waste. Waste
collection is also an income line for our business.
2. Separation and sorting: We first encourage people to separate their waste and this will reduce their cost
of collecting waste from them. If not, our team manually sort most of the waste collected.
Selling of reused materials and other recyclables: Selling of PET bottles for reused, scrape mental, used car
battery, aluminum can to other companies
Recycling plastic into finished products: Currently, we have a mini washing, crushing, palletizing, and
injection molding machines for recycling of plastic. Organic fertilizer production: We produce quality
organic fertilizer for farmers from organic waste and also trying to introduce the Black Soldier fly
technology.
Electronic Waste refurbishing/Recycling. We refurbish electronic waste into second life electronic and sell
on a lower price to poor homes. The rest that are not refurbished are package for recycle by our partner in
Netherland.

6. Implementation Costs
5 | Implementation Costs
The estimate cost of my project is 3,481,900.00
million and we have invested 1,150,000 million in this
business. We are now seeking 2,331,900.00 million to
scale up our activities.
Transportation for waste collection-------$537,400.00
Equipment for recycling --------------------$978,500.00
Facilities ---------------------------------------$478,200.00
Administration------------------------------ $337,800.00
Grand total --------------------------------$2,331,900.00

7. Conclusion
Integrated waste management system is the most sustainable way of running a successful
waste management business. Focusing on one line of waste for income generation is not
sustainable. You will always depend on external supports to run your business. That is why at
Green Cities, we focus on adding value to major waste(Organic, Plastic, and Electronic)
generated.
Products from waste
Awards and Recognitions

8. THANK
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