Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "waste reduction"
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A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ... -
Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource-Compendium of Technologies
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)Globally, 140 billion metric tons of biomass wastes are generated every year from agriculture equivalent to about 50 billion tons of oil. As raw materials, biomass wastes have attractive potentials for both large-scale ... -
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource - Compendium of Technologies
(, 2009)This document is a compilation of technologies for the conversion of plastics into fuel which are in commercial use, under pilot implementation and under laboratory testing. It is aimed to raise awareness on the available ... -
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource-Assessment Guidelines
(UNEP, 2009)This document pertains to the methodology for waste plastics characterization and quantification (mainly for conversion into resource/fuel) and the assessment of current waste management system including the identification ... -
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource-Assessment Guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)Economic growth and the change of consumption and production patterns are resulting in rapid increase in generation of waste plastics in the world. The world's annual consumption of plastic materials has increased from ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 1: Waste Characterization and Quantification with Projections for Future
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the first volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers in waste characterization and ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 2: Assessment of Current Waste Management System and Gaps therein
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the second volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for assessing current waste ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 3: Targets and Issues of Concern for ISWM
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the third volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for setting targets for ISWM ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 4: ISWM Plan
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the fourth and last volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for developing a ... -
Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip following the escalation of hostilities in December 2008-January 2009
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This report and its findings are based on field work by a team of international experts deployed by UNEP following its Governing Council's Decision 25/12 in February 2009, requesting UNEP to assess the environmental damage ... -
Integrated waste management scoreboard: a tool to measure performance in municipal solid waste management
(UNEP, 2005)This publication presents an Integrated Waste Management Scoreboard, which is a planning tool that incorporates a methodology for evaluating existing municipal solid waste management programs and systems. It has been ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four ... -
Selection, Design, and Implementation of Economic Instruments in the Solid Waste Management Sector in Kenya: The Case of Plastic Bags
(UNEP, 2005)The generation of solid waste has become an increasing environmental and public health problem everywhere in the world, but particularly in developing countries. The fast expansion of urban, agricultural and industrial ...