Recycling and material recovery in Cameroon [Elektronische Ressource] : implications for poverty alleviation and ecological sustainability / vorgelegt von Fred Zisuh Asong

Recycling and Material Recovery in Cameroon: Implications for Poverty Alleviation and Ecological Sustainability Von der Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von M.Sc. Fred Zisuh Asong aus Tiko, Kamerun Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ertel Gutachter: . Hans-Jürgen Voigt Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 27.01.2010 ii Dedication To:  My lovely wife Lekeaka for her constant support and endurance for the years I have been away.  My Dad (Zisuh) and Mum (Ajoache) for academic and moral upbringing. It has always been their dream to see me reach this level.  My mother-in-law, Mama Grace Fonkeng for the lessons of endurance and commitment I have learned from her. iii Declaration I, Fred Zisuh Asong, do hereby declare that this doctoral dissertation entitled “Recycling and Material Recovery in Cameroon: Implications for Poverty Alleviation and Ecological Sustainability” carried out at the Chair of Industrial Sustainability and submitted to the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Germany in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a “Doktor-Ingenieur” (Dr.-Ing) is my original research. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. rer.