Unemployment and inefficient recycling practices are significant problems in Namibia. Our project goal was to model the integration of informal waste collectors into the formal collection system through collecting recyclables using bicycles, which could reduce the use of fossil fuels and generate jobs in Windhoek. We tested this idea through a pilot program utilizing an informal waste collector volunteer. Our recommendations aim to help the Polytechnic of Namibia move forward with the model of recyclable collection by bicycle.

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Creator

• Kelly, Malick Daniel
• Jacobsen, Anne Cecilie
• White, Evan Thomas
• Roche, Logan Alexander

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Industry
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050814-115544

Keyword

• Climate change mitigation
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Sustainability
• Educational surveys--Design

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Belz, Melissa
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2014

Center

• Windhoek, Namibia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Polytechnic of Namibia

Date created

• 2014-05-08

Location

• Windhoek

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18