Towards sustainable production and use of charcoal in Kenya: exploring the potential in life cycle management approach
Abstract
The study seeks to demonstrate the potential role that industrial ecology could play towards energy poverty reduction and environmental conservation in Kenya through sustainable charcoal production and consumption. This is achieved through an exploration of the application of the life cycle management (LCM) concept that identifies various opportunities for technological intervention for energy and environmental conservation and reduction of material and energy losses. It also identifies opportunities for income generation at various stages of the product’s life cycle; an aspect critical in poverty reduction in developing countries. The study finds that applying LCM in the charcoal trade in Kenya can deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to developing country communities and should, therefore, be promoted. However, appropriate legal, policy and institutional frameworks must exist in these countries for this to occur.
URI
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652604000812http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/34958
Citation
Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 12, Issues 8–10, October–December 2004, Pages 1047–1057Publisher
Elsevier Department of Chemistry University of Nairobi