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Solid Waste Management

The World Bank’s Solid Waste Management Knowledge Silo Breaker is a community of practice created to share knowledge between practitioners of all affiliations. Through document sharing, discussions, and events, it aims to increase the awareness of solid waste issues and innovations across the globe.
The community’s objectives are: share experiences and resources to learn from solid waste management projects across the World Bank Group; further technical knowledge; strengthen projects by including environmental, social, urban, gender, sustainable financing, and climate perspectives and expertise when relevant; and learn about the latest innovations globally.

Solid Waste Management

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Solid Waste Management Advisory and Analytical Work
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Solid Waste Management in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania: A Cross-Country Analysis of Sector Challenges Towards EU Harmonization

  • Country/ City
    ECA
  • Topic
    Financing, Policy and Governance
  • Published On
    January 04, 2011
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Solid Waste Management in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania: A Cross-Country Analysis of Sector Challenges Towards EU Harmonization

    The European Union (EU) sets the policy framework for municipal solid waste management that drives reform initiatives in new EU member states and candidate countries. The EU policies, implementation targets, and grant funding establish the enabling environment that transforms the solid waste management sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. The EU directives guide member states towards agreed targets without prescribing in detail how specific measures should be implemented.

Study of Mercury-containing Lamp Waste Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Country/ City
    AFR
  • Topic
    Land Use, Solid Waste Management (SWM), Management, Recycling, Disposal
  • Published On
    July 20, 2010
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Study of Mercury-containing Lamp Waste Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

    The overall amount of mercury in the mercury containing lamps (MCL) market in Sub-Saharan Africa is low compared to other sources of mercury, yet it can be further reduced up-stream by improving lamp lifetime and mercury content. One of the main objectives of this report is to provide policy-makers with the knowledge and tools they need when confronted with a potentially significant flow of end of life mercury containing lamps and the potential mercury pollution it could generate, either airborne or by seeping through the ground to water bodies.

Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

  • Country/ City
    Republic of Korea
  • Topic
    Greenhouse Gases (GHG), Management, Recycling, Disposal, Solid Waste Management (SWM)
  • Published On
    June 24, 2010
  • Author(s)
    Korea Ministry of Environment, Korea Environment Institute
  • Abstract

    • Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

    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 packaging materials (paper packaging, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic packaging), lubricants, tires, fluorescent light bulbs, batteries and electronic products.
     

India: Municipal Financing Requirements - Water, Sewerage, and Solid Waste

  • Country/ City
    India
  • Topic
    Financing, Infrastructure and Services
  • Published On
    June 01, 2010
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • India: Municipal Financing Requirements - Water, Sewerage, and Solid Waste

    This report presents the main results from cost models that were developed as an input to the High Powered Expert Committee on Urban Development in order to estimate the investment, operations, and maintenance requirements for urban water, sanitation and municipal solid waste in India. The cost models are designed as tools that allow linking the various building blocks of the cost estimation to one another, and tests the impact of the main model assumptions on the overall investment requirements.

Establishing Integrated Solid Waste Management in the Large Cities of Pakistan Multan: Comprehensive Scope Evaluation Report

  • Country/ City
    Pakistan
  • Topic
    Private Sector, Management, Recycling, Disposal
  • Published On
    June 01, 2010
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Establishing Integrated Solid Waste Management in the Large Cities of Pakistan Multan: Comprehensive Scope Evaluation Report

    Solid waste management (SWM) is a major environment and health hazard in the urban areas of Pakistan. The World Bank is of the opinion that as cities economies are fast growing, business activity and consumption patterns are driving up solid waste quantities. In Pakistan the collection of waste is sporadic and the disposal is poor.
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