Urban Waste Management
Documents and Info Sheets
Documents and Info Sheets
Organizations and Institutions
Web
Resources
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Resources
Documents:
Local Authority Solid Waste Reduction Initiatives
Initiatives for Source Separation
Changing Consumption Patterns in Human Settlements: Waste Management
Waste Recycling: Some Issues for Consideration
Integrated Solid Waste Management
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Klundert and Anschiitz
Small Business Waste Reduction Guide
Business Waste Reduction Guide: Re-Think Your Bottom Line
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606 kb, 48 page guide in PDF format
Don't Bag it - Compost it!!
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Slide show
Garbage: How can my Community Reduce Waste?
Guidance on Solid Waste Management
InfoSheets:
GDRC
Infopac on
3Rs
Gender
and
Waste
Urban Waste Management Issues
Key Facts on Waste Issues
Defining Waste Management
Solid Waste Pollution
Greenhouse gases: Some definitions
Environmental hormones and environmental estrogen
Waste Disposal Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages
Glossary on Solid Waste Management
Waste Management in Islands
Resource Recovery in Developing Countries
Taking Community Action for Waste Management
Check List for Conservers
Ways to promote waste reduction
The Inverted Pyramid for Solid Waste Management
Upscaling Waste Action through Stakeholder Partnerships
Books and Reports:
Community and Private Sector Involvement in Solid Waste Management
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Arnold van de Klundert and Inge Lardinois
Sustainable Solid Waste Management
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Hisashi Ogawa
Informal Recycling and Collection of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries:
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Martin Medina
[PDF file, 92 kb]
International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM)
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UNEP-IETC
Differentiating Management Resource of Water and Waste in Urban Areas
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Ralf Otterpohl, Andrea Albold and Martin Oldenburg
Micro-enterprise Development for Primary Collection of Solid Waste
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Dr Mansoor Ali
Gender and Urban Waste Management
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Maria Muller and Anne Schienberg
Solid Waste Micro and Small Enterprises and Cooperatives in Latin-America
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Inge Lardnois (ed.)
Waste Management Planning: An Environmentally Sound Approach for Sustainable Urban Waste Management
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UNEP
Bulletins, Newsletters and Magazines:
Solid Waste Management
UWEP e-mail bulletins
Email list -
solid-waste-management-recycle
Case Studies and Best Practices
Yokohama City's Waste Management Programme
Hazardous waste management: Seattle, USA
Nova Scotia's Waste Reduction Fact Sheets
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