Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Wastewater treatment

Advancing Inclusive Cleaner Production in the Nairobi Rivers Basin: Where Cleaner Production Meets Inclusion, Transforming Work and Safety

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The Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC), in partnership with Fintech Frontiers and Kanku Kenya Ltd, is supporting 26 businesses operating along the Nairobi Rivers Basin, with implementing interventions that reduce industrial pollution and strengthen sustainable manufacturing. KNCPC’s work shows that protecting the environment and empowering people are not separate goals—they are part of the […]

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Innovative Water Recycling Project Tackles Bangladesh’s Textile Industry Pollution

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A SMEP-funded pilot project in Bangladesh is combining wastewater treatment technology with an innovative financing model to address one of the textile industry’s most pressing environmental challenges: water pollution. A short technical webinar was hosted earlier in February 2026 by the project team to present pilot outcomes to industry stakeholders.  The Technical Breakthrough The project, led by Solidaridad Network Asia and QStone Capital BV, has deployed a modular 5m3/hr pilot plant, designed by Lenntech Water Solutions (the project’s Technical Solution,

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SMEP’s Textiles Wastewater Management pilot in Bangladesh shows significant potential in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and water savings

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A SMEP research brief, led by Atiq Zaman, Ruan Parrott and Henrique Pacini, examines how treating and recovering wastewater from a textile mill can yield significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. The brief is based on a SMEP-funded pilot project led by a consortium made up of two technology providers (Panta Rei Water Solutions and

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