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Osaka, 21 September 2025 – At Expo 2025 in Osaka, government leaders, city representatives, businesses, and civil society joined
Punta del Este, Uruguay, 20 June 2025 – In a major step toward addressing pollution and safeguarding human and environmental health, countries have agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel focused on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention.
Circular waste management is a priority for West Asia 17 - 18 September 2024, Manama, Bahrain - A two-day technical meeting focused on extended producer responsibility (EPR) was held in Manama, bringing together participants from government authorities responsible for waste management across the West Asia region.
Waste from cooking and production processes, unsold food, leftovers, food that went back in a refrigerator. If we pay attention, a lot of food waste is produced in our daily lives.
The COVID-19 crisis has seen an immense rise in the production of medical and hazardous waste. It is essential to ensure the proper handling and final disposal of these wastes to protect human health and the environment.
Japan and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced a new cooperative effort in Iraq and South Sudan to tackle plastic pollution across Asia and to support post-conflict environmental recovery, announced on 25 May 2020.
Four projects will be led by UNEP with support of Japan; approximately 6.9 million US dollars or 758 million Japanese yen was contributed throug
With the expected spike in healthcare waste from COVID-19 pandemic, national and local governments, and health organizations all over the world need to assess and select appropriate technologies for the destruction of this waste.
IETC Annual Report 2019
Today IETC launched its Annual Report 2019 on the IETC website as well as in print.
In celebration of the International Women’s Day, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre is pleased to announce the launch of the video series, GENDER AND WASTE NEXUS.
The waste sector is assumed to be gender neutral, but gender inequalities and norms are embedded in almost every aspect of waste management, leading to a gendered division of labour. Yet, currently, most waste management policies are gender blind.
IETC is recruiting an experienced copy-editor as an Individual Contractor to proof-read and copy-edit IETC’s new report.
The duration of the contract is 2 weeks with 4 working days, and the contract is expected to start around late March or early April 2020 (subject to the administration process).
Mr. Onogawa, a director of The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) visited UNEP IETC.
Having a productive meeting with IETC staff, we are determined to amplify our work to influence governments on the waste sector on a wider scale.
Event Postponed “UNEP Sustainability Action Kick Off Dialogue”
Originally scheduled to run on March 5, 2020, “UNEP Sustainability Action Kick Off Dialogue” has been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak and prevent the spread of infection.
Cover page of UNhabitat newsletter
https://youtu.be/w0zyw_gSJjM
This video was produced by the CSIR (South Africa) for the launch of the Africa Waste Management Outlook (June 2018).
Gender and waste nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal
Three representative stories from the latest report 'Gender and waste nexus' are now available on our Youtube channel.
UNEP-IETC has agreed with its partnership with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) on cooperation projects and future collaborations
The magazine published by UNIQLO, "THE POWER OF CLOTHING" Vol21. - [Special Feature] Reducing Single-use Plastics - is now available in English and Japanese.
UNEP-IETC has been working with many stakeholders includes international organizations, national government, and private sectors in various fields of waste management.
Call for Landfill Closure Expertise Consultant
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) (
https://youtu.be/polAo_vXdQM
The UN Environment Programme released the first Waste Management Outlook for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the 4th session of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. The SIDS Waste Management Outlook provides an analysis on the current state of waste management in SIDS regions and proposes solutions to improve waste management.
IETC convened a Global Dialogue with the Private Sector: Technology Solutions for Holistic Waste Management, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan, Osaka City and the Global Environment Centre Foundation, 21-23 May 2019.
Mottainai is a term of Japanese origin that has been used to encourage people to "reduce, reuse and recycle". Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai used the term at the United Nations as a slogan to promote environmental protection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84yw006uRkg
In this short video, a field research has been conducted to measure mercury in the air at one of East Africa's largest open dumpsites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHBkfUkVj8
Do you realise the impact the plastic you use makes on the world around you? If you can't reuse it, refuse it.
https://youtu.be/zw-uYRKNJ_w
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The mandate of IETC, as agreed in Decision 16/34 of UNEP Governing Council, is the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.