Makerere University Business School, Uganda.
Cewaas, Uganda.
J Environ Manage. 2021 Feb 1;279:111802. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111802. Epub 2020 Dec 17.
This paper highlights local experiences, opportunities and common challenges faced by micro- and small-sized businesses in Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) - with a special focus on briquette making businesses from faecal sludge and other household waste. The study enlisted the potential that RRR has in preserving the environment through through hybrid business models in sanitation. It used field methods of identifying businesses and providing them with business development support, while testing the potential to become sustainable faecal sludge enterprises. The findings indicated that the small businesses still face several challenges in integrating faecal sludge into the business models profitably. We recommend high level attention by government, academic institutions and entrepreneurs for policy, research and management innovations. This will have a combined benefit of sanitation improvement as well as having entrepreneurial innovations and business growth from waste.
本文重点介绍了微小型企业在资源回收和再利用（RRR）方面的本地经验、机遇和共同挑战，特别关注了利用粪便和其他家庭废物制造煤球的企业。该研究通过混合卫生商业模式，探讨了 RRR 在保护环境方面的潜力。它采用了识别企业并为其提供业务发展支持的实地方法，同时测试了成为可持续粪便污泥企业的潜力。研究结果表明，小型企业在将粪便污泥成功纳入商业模式方面仍然面临着一些挑战。我们建议政府、学术机构和企业家关注政策、研究和管理方面的创新，这将对改善卫生条件以及从废物中获得创业创新和业务增长产生综合效益。
