Waste as a Resource Development Opportunities Within Zambia’s Waste Value Chain and Management System Luke Muller, Erica Ciaraldi, Andrew McNaught, Jonathan Allaire, and Andrew 23/05/2017 Ngwenya For the ILO Zambia Green Jobs Programme Table of contents Table of contents ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 List of acronyms and abbreviations .......................................................................................................................... 4 1. Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Local context ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Social climate and demographics ................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Communications, media and ICT ................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Mobile technology ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Internet access ........................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2.3 Newspaper .............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2.4 Radio ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Television ................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2.6 Mobile banking and mobile money .......................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Energy usage and power supply .................................................................................................................... 7 2.4.1 Electricity ................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4.2 Petroleum ................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.4.3 Charcoal .................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4.4 Coal ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4.5 Renewable .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2.5 Economic activities ......................................................................................................................................... 8 2.5.1 Copper Mining ......................................................................................................................................... 9 2.5.2 Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................... 9 2.5.3 Manufacturing ......................................................................................................................................... 9 2.5.4 Foreign investment ................................................................................................................................ 10 3. Investment incentives ......................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Business in Zambia ...................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1.1 Tax incentives ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Manufacturing ............................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................ 12 3.4 Agriculture .................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.5 Tourism ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.6 Energy .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 4. Governance framework ....................................................................................................................................... 13 4.1 Legislation .................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.1.1 National legislation ................................................................................................................................ 13 4.1.2 Waste management .............................................................................................................................. 15 4.1.3 Extended producer responsibility .......................................................................................................... 16 4.2 Local policies ................................................................................................................................................ 17 4.3 Tax and tariffs ............................................................................................................................................... 17 5. Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Environmental management stakeholder framework ................................................................................... 17 1 5.2 Critical stakeholder analysis ......................................................................................................................... 18 6. Waste management (household, commercial, industrial) ................................................................................... 19 6.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 6.1.1 State of city specific waste management infrastructure and equipment ............................................... 19 6.1.2 Solwezi case study ................................................................................................................................ 21 6.2 Waste collection ........................................................................................................................................... 23 6.2.1 Household ............................................................................................................................................. 23 6.2.2 State of city specific household waste collection .................................................................................. 23 6.2.3 Commercial ........................................................................................................................................... 27 6.2.4 State of city specific commercial waste collection ................................................................................. 27 6.2.5 Industrial ................................................................................................................................................ 27 6.2.6 State of city specific industrial waste collection ..................................................................................... 27 6.3 Disposal sites ............................................................................................................................................... 32 6.3.1 Landfills and dumpsites ......................................................................................................................... 32 6.3.2 Incinerators (Medical & Hazardous) ...................................................................................................... 32 6.4 Future infrastructure and city developments ................................................................................................ 32 6.4.1 Lusaka ................................................................................................................................................... 32 6.4.2 Livingstone ............................................................................................................................................ 33 6.4.3 Chipata .................................................................................................................................................