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

Title
Guidelines for national waste management strategies : moving from challenges to opportunities / author, Mark Hyman ; contributors, Brandon Turner, Ainhoa Carpintero.
Author
Hyman, Mark
Publication
  • Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Turner, Brandon
  • Carpintero, Ainhoa
  • United Nations Institute for Training and Research, issuing body.
  • Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, issuing body.
  • United Nations Environment Programme, issuing body.
Description
108 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
Subject
  • Refuse and refuse disposal > Government policy
  • Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Government policy
  • Waste minimization > Government policy
  • Déchets > Élimination > Politique gouvernementale
  • Déchets > Réduction > Politique gouvernementale
Note
  • "UNITAR, United Nations Institute for Training and Research ... IOMC, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online.
Contents
Introduction: context and overview. The guidance document ; Underlying concepts: waste streams ; Underlying concepts: waste management hierarchy ; Why should a waste management strategy be developed at the national level? -- Challenges and opportunities in waste management. Sustainable development ; Waste streams and their management ; Governance challenges ; Future challenges -- Considerations in developing a national waste management strategy. Waste management: concepts and principles ; Aims, objectives, goals and targets ; Waste management: policy tools ; Policy choices: tips and traps -- National waste management strategy: a participative process. Developing a national waste management strategy ; Implementing a national waste management strategy ; Reviewing and updating a national waste management strategy -- Appendix A. International recommendations and mandates -- Appendix B. International texts relating to waste -- Appendix C. Intergovernmental and international organisations and materials -- Appendix D. National and regional waste management strategies and related documents and web resources.
ISBN
  • 9789280733334
  • 9280733338
OCLC
  • ocn907094594
  • 907094594
  • SCSB-1820140
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library