The Kiteezi landfill near Kampala was expanded as part of the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project, allowing for the storage and treatment of ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

Management of solid wastes and sewage are the subject of Chapter 21 of Agenda 21, which recognized that "environmentally sound management of wastes was among the environmental issues of major concern ...

More than half the world’s population does not have access to regular trash collection Unregulated or illegal dump sites serve about 4 billion people and hold over 40% of the world’s waste The World ...

Pakistan generates approximately 49.6 million tons of solid waste and 4.36 billion cubic metres (BCM) of domestic and industrial wastewater a year, which has been increasing more than 2.4% annually.

The subject of how people dispose of items they no longer want or need might seem like pure rubbish to some folks. But it’s actually a topic that requires careful planning and consideration. We were ...

The federal government has issued the Solid Waste Management National Policy, 2022 to promote inter-agency co-financing, citizen participation, public-private partnership, mobilisation of development ...

Like many areas of Asia and the Pacific, rural areas of China face significant challenges related to solid waste, or the discarded materials generated by human activities. This includes everyday items ...