Municipal and industrial waste pose increasing environmental threats to cities in eastern and southern Africa. This collection of papers presents a series of case studies on the generation of waste, techniques for the assessment of waste output, and strategies for waste reduction. The papers draw on research conducted in Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Alec Chamanika is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.

Moses Chinyama is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malawi Polytechnic, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.

Pulimootil George is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.

Richard Gurure is an ecologist with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Thaddeous Kooma is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.

Amos Madhlopa is a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Sciences, Malawi Polytechnic, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.

Hillary Masundire is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

Paul Mbuthi is a Research Officer with the Ministry of Energy, Nairobi, Kenya.

Michael Mulenga is a Lecturer and the Acting Department Head in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

Harun Muturi is Senior Science Secretary of the National Council for Science and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.

Alex Mwale is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia.

Lambert Otten is Director of the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

Zebediah Phiri is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

Andrews Safaloh is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, and a Lecturer in the Department of Animal Science, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.

Rudo Sanyanga is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, Bindura University College of Science Education, University of Zimbabwe, Bindura, Zimbabwe.

Gerrie Smith is a retired Professor in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Nonita T Yap is an Associate Professor in the School of Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

Remigio Zvauya is a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.