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Guidelines for national waste management strategies: moving from challenges to opportunities [1]

The Guidelines for National Waste Management Strategies: Moving from Challenges to Opportunities seeks to provide strategic guidance to countries whose waste management systems are disorganized, haphazard or under-resourced or are in need of a review of their current strategies. Open dumping - the most prevalent waste disposal method in many countries - can lead to acute health impacts for those living closest to dumping sites, most often the urban poor. In addition, poor waste management can lead to significant environmental hazards: leachate from waste can contaminate soil and water, open burning of waste can cause air pollution and a failure to use recycled materials from waste means an acceleration in the depletion of ‘raw’ materials.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2013
Mark Hyman [2], Brandon Turner [3], Ainhoa Carpintero [4]
UNEP [5]
Tags:
Waste Management [6], Health Effects [7], Environment [8], Solid Waste [9], India [10], Rag Pickers [11], Global [12], Sustainable Development [13], Green House Gases [14], Waste Recycling [15], Waste Disposal [16]

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