Resources

For the 50th World Environment Day 2023 with the theme "Solutions to Plastic Pollution" UNEP published a practical guide to provide some tips on how we can all be part of the global movement to solve the plastic pollution crisis. 

This report on “Guidelines for Safe Closure and Rehabilitation of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites in Sri Lanka” has been close cooperation between the Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka and UNEP through the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) and UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC).

‘A Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management and Resource Circulation in South Asia, 2019-2030’ aims to set the regional policy framework, including clear targets and practical measures to achieve the sustainable waste and resource management in South Asia and put the incentives in place to motivate the change by national actions, networking, knowledge and technology sharing as well as mutual le

This guideline focuses on Mechanical-Biological Treatment (MBT) technology for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), mainly household waste and commercial waste, in urban areas of Asian developing countries.

Ecology Note : Towards Clean, Green and Beautiful Bhutan – is a supplementary material for primary school teachers who wish to introduce environmental education for the first time, or for those who want to enhance the scope of educational work in addition to what is already taught in the classrooms.

According to the World Bank (2018), global annual waste generation is expected to jump from 2.01billion tonnes in 2016 to 3.40 billion tonnes over the next 30 years, and this trend is especially true in developing countries in Asia and Africa.

Ecology Note – Towards Clean and Beautiful Capital City – is a supplementary material for primary school teachers who wish to introduce environmental education for the first time, or for those who want to enhance the scope of educational work in addition to what is already taught in the classrooms.

These guidelines provide advice and tools to overcome these challenges and manage disaster waste in emergency and take out early recovery phases. They are targeted at implementers of disaster waste management projects. Their objective is to

This publication outlines a possible process and poses questions that countries may wish to consider as they develop integrated national waste management strategies. It outlines the reasons for a national waste management strategy and explores the challenges and opportunities waste management presents to governments and communities.

International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) of Division of Technology of United Nations Environment Programme is assisting member countries on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM). IETC is also focusing on WEEE/E-waste management as a part of ISWM.

When making decisions on investments, economic considerations often takes precedence over environmental and social factors. This may lead to unsustainable decisions and investments.

This document pertains to the methodology for waste plastics characterization and quantification (mainly for conversion into resource/fuel) and the assessment of current waste management system including the identification of gaps therein.

This manual aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for preparing and developing WEEE/E-waste management systems.

A policy shift from open dumping to sanitary landfilling has implications on local preparedness to operate and manage a landfill as well as on how the current dumpsites will be abandoned. Consequently, there is a need to build and enhance the technical and management capacities of local authorities.