Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Subject "SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT"
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About International Environmental Technology Centre - UNEP IETC
(2020)Waste is a ubiquitous sight in our environment. PET bottles wash up on shores of the most distant islands, plastic has been found in the deepest trenches of our oceans and grocery bags litter the slopes of the tallest ... -
Burkina Faso: Transformation des déchets ménagers en fertilez agricole [Transformation of Household Wastes into Fertilizers]
(2017)Hygiene and sanitation in urban areas is a struggle without respite because of the challenge of the continuous increase in urban dwellers. The increase in population is synonymous with increased household waste. These ... -
Empowerment of women from local community: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)The SwitchMed waste management of the Aqaba Hotel Industry project is providing livelihoods, with a special focus on increasing the empowerment of women, by incorporating the local community in recycling/upcycling activities. ... -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Good Practices to Prevent Plastic Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region: Mersing Islands, Malaysia -Community-based Waste Management - COBSEA Case Study Series
(2023-08)With support from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) piloted an integrated waste management system in the Mersing Islands in Malaysia, in partnership ... -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Good Practices to Prevent Plastic Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region: Untia, Makassar, Indonesia - Community-based Waste Management - COBSEA Case Study Series
(2023-08)With support from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) piloted an integrated waste management system in Untia, Indonesia, in partnership with the World ... -
Kenya: Greening MSMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry - SWTICH Africa Green
(2021)This impact sheet on Greening MSMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry provides a snapshot of results and achievements of the project under the Green Business Development Component of Phase I (2014-2019) of the ... -
THE NDC Action Project: Facilitating the Implementation of Climate-resilient and Low-carbon Development Aligned with National and Global Goals
(2022-10)The NDC Action project supports Jordan in translating its National Determined Contributions (NDC) into actual plans and activities that can be funded and implemented. It encourages increased public and private sector ... -
Solid Waste and Marine Litter - Did you know?
(2016)That solid waste is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material that is discarded or left abandoned. Such material that is not disposed of properly has the potential to negatively impact the Caribbean Sea. -
Turning Waste into an Asset in Aqaba: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
Jordan faces increasing issues with waste as growing populations consume more. Municipal solid waste rose from 2.6 million tonnes in 2014 to almost 3 million tonnes in 2017, compounded by the fact that the country has very ... -
Upscaling Generation Commercialization and Utilization of Biomass Waste-Based Green Energy Sources in Uganda
(2017)By-products and waste streams from agricultural processes are currently not widely utilized. Through the implementation of biomass technologies, these can be turned into feedstock/fuel for product value addition. This ... -
Waste - Infographic
(2017)