Sociomaterial Solar Waste: Afterlives and Lives After of Small Solar

Kumar, Ankit; Turner, Britta

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24021-9_8

Cited by 9 publications

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“…Kumar & and Turner 17 observe that end‐of‐life sustainable solar e‐waste management approaches in Global South have immense impacts on the socio‐economic characteristics of the locals. The waste materials can be sources of livelihood through making new products and at the same time avoid environmental pollution that may lead to serious health effects.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Towards development of effective policies and regulations for sustainable off‐grid solar electronic waste management systems in Kenya

Mugendi,

Mireri,

Enevoldsen

2023

Engineering Reports

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Off‐grid solar systems provide clean and affordable energy sources. Adoption of off‐grid Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular in Kenya as a source of renewable energy, with an estimated 10 million people using off‐grid solar power systems as of the end of year 2022. However, the rising off‐grid solar systems technology uptake comes with a growing amount of solar e‐waste, which can have harmful environmental and health effects if not managed properly. Current data on the exact amount of solar e‐waste being generated in Kenya is unavailable and this amount will continue to rise with the expiry of many of these off‐grid solar systems lifespans. This study through stakeholder's workshop and document review data collection and analysis approaches, established that Kenya just like many countries in the Global South has a robust general waste policy and regulation management framework. However, it lacks specific policies and regulations on off‐grid‐solar electronic waste management a challenge that many countries in the Global North have made considerate steps in addressing. In addition, there is a lack of awareness of the hazardous nature of off‐grid solar systems' e‐waste components to both consumers and institutions of governance. There is a lack of adequate infrastructure and sufficient systems for off‐grid solar e‐waste management in the country. Enforcement and implementation challenges of the existing general waste regulations due to limited resources and capacity and corruption culture are major impending factors. This calls for the development of effective policies and regulations to ensure sustainable off‐grid solar e‐waste management in Kenya against the backdrop of the rising uptake of off‐grid solar systems.

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Towards development of effective policies and regulations for sustainable off‐grid solar electronic waste management systems in Kenya

Mugendi,

Mireri,

Enevoldsen

2023

Engineering Reports

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“…What happens to solar power products when they break down has also been neglected [173,174]. This is in part because waste management systems are often nonexistent in rural Africa, for example in Rwanda people are known to have disposed of batteries in latrines [175,176].…”

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A PESTLE analysis of solar home systems in refugee camps in Rwanda

Thomas

Sandwell

Williamson

et al. 2021

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…Although projects are starting to explore the implications of e-waste (i.e. Innovation Norway 2020 ), what happens to electronic waste such as solar products and batteries when they reach the end of their life has also been neglected (Cross and Murray 2018 ; Kumar and Turner 2020 ).…”

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Moving beyond informal action: sustainable energy and the humanitarian response system

Thomas

Rosenberg-Jansen

Jenks

2021

Int J Humanitarian Action

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Energy and humanitarian action have long been uneasy bedfellows. In the field, many humanitarian practitioners lack the time or remit to engage with a complex issue such as energy, and the topic to date has received relatively little attention from the private, development and academic sectors. This paper hopes to provide more clarity on energy in forced displacement settings by analysing how energy is interwoven with the humanitarian cluster system. This paper has two aims: (1) to assess existing evidence in the sector and explain the links between energy and each of the humanitarian clusters and (2) to provide recommendations on how humanitarian response efforts can transition from informal action to a comprehensive response on sustainable energy provision. This paper is the first to investigate the role of energy using the cluster system as a framework and contributes to a rapidly evolving field of research and practice on energy in humanitarian contexts. Our analysis demonstrates that energy is not fully integrated within humanitarian programme planning. Further, it highlights pathways for improving humanitarian outcomes enabled by improved energy practices. We identify ten ways clusters can integrate action on energy to support crisis-affected communities.

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Sociomaterial Solar Waste: Afterlives and Lives After of Small Solar

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Towards development of effective policies and regulations for sustainable off‐grid solar electronic waste management systems in Kenya

Towards development of effective policies and regulations for sustainable off‐grid solar electronic waste management systems in Kenya

A PESTLE analysis of solar home systems in refugee camps in Rwanda

Moving beyond informal action: sustainable energy and the humanitarian response system

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