Kenya - 2022 - Environmental Management

The Sustainable Waste Management Act, 2022

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

The Act establishes a robust legal and institutional framework to manage waste sustainably promoting a circular economy, enforcing segregation at source, ensuring extended producer responsibility (EPR), creating formal waste governance structures, and setting stringent penalties for non-compliance.

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