East African Community member states should harmonize their policies on waste management because there is more value in tackling the problem together as a region.This emerged on the second day of the Africa Waste is Wealth Series (AWWS) Conference in Nairobi. The conference was organized by the non-profit Taka Taka Ni Mali in partnership with Alliance for Science and East African Business Council (EABC).On the second day of the three-day conference that ran from June 6 to 8, 2023, Taka Taka Ni Mali patron Mary Ngechu said Africans need to adopt local solutions in terms of policy and innovations and learn from each other before they can check what the Global North is doing.“ Research has shown that EAC countries have solid waste in unsustainable landfills or dumpsites and what remains is thrown in inappropriate places.” “Kenya, for example, can emulate what Uganda is doing before they adopt policies from the Global North. So, as we start where we are and with what we have, we also know where we can go and how best we can get,” Mary said. Phyllis Wakiaga, Senior Advisor on Commerce and Industry at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, said policies try to address six challenges in waste management. The challenges include financial constraints and limited resources for waste management, which hinder the development of crucial infrastructure.