PROGRAMMES

Uganda Cleaner Production Centre (UCPC) has supported the adoption and diffusion of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production(RECP) in enterprises, especially industries, in order to improve their resource productivity and environmental performance, while at the same time, fostering improved competitiveness and profitability through  implementing the programmes below;

Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP)

RECP addresses the four sustainability dimensions individually and synergistically:

  • Production efficiency: optimization of the productive use of natural resources (materials, energy and water);
  • Environmental management: minimization of impacts on the environment through reduction of wastes and emissions;
  • Human development: minimization of risks to people and communities and support for their development; and
  • Cost savings: cost efficiency through the reduction of the costs of waste, emissions, and environmental and health impacts and gaining financial benefits from these reductions.

Water Efficiency and Conservation

The Programme is aimed at achieving water savings through a combination of changing behaviors, modifying equipment to reduce overall water consumption and increase internal reuse as well as reduce the total amount of waste water generated.

Chemicals Management

UCPC has promoted several concepts aimed at sustainable chemicals management at industrial level. Taking a proactive sustainable chemistry approach supports risk management of chemicals, materials and products from their conception and enhances life-cycle thinking.

Eco innovation

Eco-innovation is a new business approach which promotes sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of a product, while also boosting a company’s performance and competitiveness.


It can help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access new and expanding markets, increase productivity, attract new investment into the business, increase profitability across the value chain, and help SMEs stay ahead of regulations and standards – notably those related to the environment.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency(EE) brings a variety of benefits: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing demand for energy imports, and lowering our costs on industries, households and economy-wide level.
While Renewable Energy(RE) technologies also help to reduce the use of fossil fuels that are responsible for emission of green house gases.

Industrial Symbiosis

Industrial symbiosis increases lifespan of resources in the productive cycle, reduces dependence on virgin materials, reduces the volume of waste discharged into the environment and can encourage waste minimization, recovery, reuse, recycle and promotes exchange of waste and resources among SMEs.