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Waste Management & Recycling

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Course Code: YSG-431

Pillar: SMB Business Academy

Course Overview: Waste can become a resource when collection, sorting, recycling, and customer demand are understood. Learners explore green business opportunities across local waste value chains while considering safety, environmental responsibility, operations, pricing, partnerships, and community awareness.

They use this understanding to shape a practical recycling or waste-management enterprise that creates value without losing sight of responsible handling and local impact.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand waste management and recycling as green business opportunities.
  • Identify waste types, recycling value chains, and local market opportunities.
  • Plan safe waste collection, sorting, storage, and handling practices.
  • Build community awareness, partnerships, and buyer relationships.
  • Estimate costs, revenue, risks, and operational requirements.
  • Create a practical waste management and recycling business plan.

Target Audience: Young people interested in recycling, environmental services, waste collection, community clean-up enterprises, green entrepreneurship, circular economy activities, or sustainability-focused income generation. Suitable for youth entrepreneurship programs, TVET institutions, NGOs, ministries, municipalities, incubators, community development programs, and green economy initiatives.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Understand Waste Management & Recycling. Build capability in Collection, Sorting, Safety and Operations. Apply learning through Launching and Growing a Waste & Recycling Enterprise.

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Course Introduction
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  • Waste Management & Recycling
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Foundations of Waste Management & Recycling
Module Purpose: Introduce learners to waste management, recycling, environmental responsibili... What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Waste Types, Value Chains and Market Opportunities
Module Purpose: Help learners understand waste categories, recycling value chains, buyers, de... What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Collection, Sorting, Safety and Operations
Module Purpose: Equip learners to plan safe collection, sorting, storage, transport, and dail... What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Community Engagement, Pricing and Partnerships
Module Purpose: Help learners build community participation, price services or materials, com... What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

Launching and Growing a Waste & Recycling Enterprise
Module Purpose: Guide learners to prepare for launch, manage risks, track environmental and b... What Learners Will Explore: Learners will examine the key concepts, practical choices, youth scenarios, and real-life applications connected to this topic. Practical Application: This topic supports immediate use through reflection, planning, hands-on activities, guided exercises, and action-oriented learning.

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