ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the opportunities for and the challenges to introducing circular economy practices in refugee camp settings. A circular economy is one in which waste is redefined as a valuable resource to be recovered and repurposed. Although there has been growing policy and private sector interest in the concept of a circular economy, so far, there have been no studies examining the potential to introduce more circular approaches in humanitarian and emergency situations. This chapter aims to fill that knowledge gap. It draws on a set of existing examples of circular economy activities and one in depth case study of a current waste-management and energy-generation project by Sanivation in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
