Guidelines for national waste management strategies
Subtitle: moving from challenges to opportunities
By: author, Mark Hyman ; contributors, Brandon Turner, Ainhoa Carpintero
Contributors: Turner, Brandon, author; Carpintero, Ainhoa, author; United Nations Institute for Training and Research; Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals; United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789280733334
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal; Government policy; Salvage (Waste, etc.); Waste minimization
Notes: "UNITAR, United Nations Institute for Training and Research ... IOMC, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals"--Cover.

"In an effort to assist countries in developing a holistic and overarching approach to national waste management, the United Nations Environment Programme waste management image(UNEP) and UNITAR have jointly published the Guidelines for National Waste Management Strategies: Moving from Challenges to Opportunities. Launched on 7 October 2013 at the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Congress in Vienna, the Guidelines provide a conceptual and methodological framework for national planning that countries may adapt to their particular circumstances, while establishing a clear rationale for making waste management a national priority."--UNITAR press release dated 8 October 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: 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?; title: Challenges and opportunities in waste management. Sustainable development ; Waste streams and their management ; Governance challenges ; Future challenges; title: 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; title: 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; title: Appendix A. International recommendations and mandates; title: Appendix B. International texts relating to waste; title: Appendix C. Intergovernmental and international organisations and materials; title: Appendix D. National and regional waste management strategies and related documents and web resources.