Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "WASTE UTILIZATION"
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Africa Waste Management Outlook
(2018)Following the success of the Global Waste Management Outlook, IETC has been leading the development of a series of regional and thematic WM outlook. The Africa WM Outlook is part of this series and looks at the continent's ... -
Ecology Note - Towards a Clean, Green and beautiful Capital City
(2019)"Ecology Note – Towards Clean and Beautiful Capital City – is a supplementary material for primary school teachers who wish to introduce environmental education for the first time, or for those who want to enhance the scope ... -
Fire, Wood, Water: Reaping the Benefits - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series Book One
(1988)This volume contains scientific findings, an historical overview, an analysis of managerial methods and the results of experimentation. While the views are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect national ... -
First Sub-Regional Workshop for Implementing the Global Waste Management Goals Towards Addressing SDGs in South Asia - Report of the Proceedings
(2019-03-26)Home to roughly 1.8 billion people, South Asia generates approximately 334 million tonnes of waste per year of which 174 million tonnes (57%) is organic in content. In addition to the increase in municipal solid waste, ... -
Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all. -
Paradigm Shift from Incineration to Resource Management, and Town Development: The Case of Oki Town
(2018)Cognisant of the disadvantages of incineration (i.e. high disposal costs, barriers to promoting the 3Rs, overuse of resources and impacts on climate change), Oki Town decided to make a radical change with the installation ... -
Upcycling for Sustainability-Linking Upcycled Products to Markets - Switch Africa Green
(2019)Upcycling for Sustainability-Linking Upcycled Products to Markets -
Waste Management as an Essential Service in Latin America and the Caribbean: Articulating Social and Environmental Policy for the post-COVID-19 Recovery - Policy Brief
(2020)Governments need to consider waste management as an urgent and essential public service to respond to emergencies such as the COVID-19 outbreak, in order to minimize possible secondary impacts upon health and the environment. ...