Across the developing world, rapid urbanization is creating new governance problems. This article investigates the challenge of municipal waste management in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We conducted a survey of 450 respondents across all three municipalities in Dar es Salaam to analyze the...

The unsustainable production and consumption patterns leading to a problem with waste management require technical and administrative solution on a local, regional or national level. Efforts may be challenged by processes of globalisation and international politics. The author discusses the...

This paper critically discusses the worldview that technology can solve any problem regarding waste. A focus on technological fix may lead to an increase in problems in the future. The author argues that we might benefit from a cultural analysis of our notions of cleanliness and dirt, purity and...