Each year, around 500 billion plastic bottles are discarded globally. Incinerating them or sending them to landfill increases the levels of pollution generated by the plastics industry. PerPETual Global recycles Continue Reading
Big cities in developing and emerging countries need to tackle municipal waste management to keep pace with the exponential growth of towns and to avert health and environmental disasters. There are a […]Continue Reading
Governments increasingly seek to rely on the private sector’s involvement and financing for improving municipal solid waste management. But, private companies involved in that sector have difficulties in Continue Reading
While municipal solid waste contributes relatively little to climate change, the waste management sector offers immediate, cost-effective and fast-acting opportunities to achieve substantial cuts in global GHG Continue Reading
In many cities of the developing countries, the informal sector plays an important role in managing municipal solid waste. The informal recovery of recyclables from the solid waste system reduces […]Continue Reading
When it comes to managing waste in developing countries, the private sector can contribute technical skills, organisational capabilities and flexibility. Yet private sector involvement alone will not solve all the Continue Reading
Cameroon’s municipal solid waste management (MSWM) policy is based on a public-private partnership which ensures regular collection and processing service for domestic waste in the major cities. The model has Continue Reading
The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is not just a public service, it is also an important economic sector. The sector is worth USD 390 billion in both OECD […]Continue Reading
