The research has illustrated quite a number of concerns that
local communities have regarding MSWM, but also a high willingness
of community members to get involved in activities to
improve the situation. Authorities, willing to improve the situation
not only by community involvement but also with the help of international
and national partners, faced some information deficits
when an externally funded and designed project like the CDM
composting program was about to be implemented. In order to
ensure the success of MSWM plans and interventions that aim to
improve the situation, a certain amount of knowledge is required
by all relevant stakeholders. Action research, as carried out in this
case study, is an opportunity to acquire this required knowledge.
Yet, the results of this research further suggest that the involvement
of a fair number of stakeholders is required, not only to
improve the quality of the research, but to also produce a certain
number of potential knowledge carriers who can later make use of
the knowledge generated so that the knowledge from this research
will not remain solely in books and reports