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UNEP IETC’s Work on Waste Management
Integrated Waste Management in Cities

Kawasaki City, Japan
13 February 2014

Mushtaq Ahmed MEMON, Programme Officer
International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

2Overview• Defining waste• Need for ‘waste management’• Challenges• Opportunities• IETC – integrated waste managementfor cities

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Defining Waste!
• Discarded
byproducts ofhuman activities insolid state, liquidstate and gaseousstate• Unwantedmaterials

Need For ‘Waste Management’20th CENTURYWASTEMANAGEMENT“How do we get rid of our waste
efficiently with minimum damage topublic health and the environment?”

21st CENTURYRESOURCE
MANAGEMENT“How do we handle our discarded
resources in ways which do not deprive
future generations of some, if not all,of their value?”Source: Dr. Paul Connett, Zero Waste, Power Point5Need For ‘Waste Management’ ‐ Cities
3% of land surface
50% of global wastes
60-80% of global GHG emissions
50% world’s population now, 80% in 2050
75% of natural resources consumed

Cities: drivers of growth

Specific needs
9 Water – wastewater reuse including rainwater
9 Materials – resource recovery (urban mining)
9 Energy – energy recovery including landfill gas
9 Labour productivity and reduced health costs
9 Businesses and employment – poverty
alleviation
9 Reducing impacts on women and6

Zero Waste for Cities

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Challenges –Integrated Waste Management
Holistic Approach for Waste Management
Waste in solid state
Waste in liquid state
Waste in gaseous state

Separate Data Collection for Each System
Solid wastePolicies

Institutions

Laws
Regulations
Economic Tools
Enforcement

Institutional
Framework
JurisdictionResources
Linkages

Source Reductions /“Upstream”
Primary Disposal by Waste
Generators
Collection and Transportation
Treatment and Disposal
Reuse, Recycling andRecovery

Liquid waste

Financing
Mechanism
Fees / Taxes
Levies
Subsidies
SupportTechnology
Transportation
Treatment
Disposal
Recycling Recovery

Gaseous waste

Stakeholders’Participation
Waste Generators
Service Providers(Private Sector)
Government

8Opportunities• Global focus – post2015 sustainable
development goals –technologies forresource efficient cities• Turning waste into a
resource – water,energy, food andmaterial security –decentralized solutions

ChallengesOpportunities

Composition of thewaste

Recycling ofmaterials andrecovery of energy

Growing amountsof waste

Employment
opportunities

Health andenvironmental
hazards

Climate changemitigation

Opportunities at City level
Hammerbay Sjostad, Stockholm - Sweden

910International Environmental Technology Centre•

The International
Environmental Technology
Centre (IETC) established as
UNEP office to focus onenvironmentally soundtechnologies (ESTs) in linewith Rio 1992 outcome•UNEP IETC supports theimplementation of Bali
Strategic Plan for Capacity
Building and TechnologySupport•UNEP IETC continues to focus
on technology support in linewith post 2015 Sustainable
Development Goals•

Located in Osaka, japan

11IETC – IWM in Cities
City Waste Management
Strategies(Awareness and education,policies, technologies,financing and voluntary)
Academic Curriculum
Consortium of Universities– certificate, diploma andpostgraduate courses –long term capacity building

Knowledge Hub
Solid waste
Liquid waste
Gaseous waste

Interlinked activities•National Waste Management Strategies•The global Partnership on Waste Management•The Global Outlook on Waste Management•Mercury Waste Management•Climate and Clean Air Coalition•Japanese Experiences

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IETC – Experiences•Integrated Solid Waste Management at municipal level –11 countries (14 cities) in Asia, Africa and LAC – since 2006
•Guidelines (4 volumes) for ISWM– also in Chinese by MEP•E‐waste management– Guidelines (3 volumes) and piloting ‐ 2007
•Waste agricultural biomass and waste plastics to energy – Guidelines,
compendium of technologies and 8 pilots ‐ 2009
•Disaster waste management – 2International Tohoku Mission (2012) –Manual for flood waste in Thailand 2013
•Healthcare waste, waste oils and waste tyres –Compendium of technologies 2013
•Eco towns project – piloting in Penang and Bandung – 2007
•Japanese industrial waste experience publication – 2014
Wastewater•Wastewater and rainwater reuse in sugar industry Vietnam – 2006
•Wastewater reuse publication – 2006
•Technologies for wastewater treatment including constructed wetlands ‐piloting revival Iraqi marshlands – 2006 to 2013
•Every drop counts publication and toolkit ‐ 2010
•Water footprints (industrial wastewater) – 2011

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Partnership, partnership & partnership!
Thank you very much!
International Environmental Technology Centre
2‐110 Ryokuchi Koen
Tsurumi‐kuOsaka 538‐0036 Japantel : +81 (0) 6 6915 4581
fax : +81 (0) 6 6915 0304
e‐mail : ietc@unep.org
website: http://www.unep.org/ietc