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What a Waste : A Global Review of Solid Waste Management

dc.contributor.author Hoornweg, Daniel
dc.contributor.author Bhada-Tata, Perinaz
dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-25T22:29:18Z
dc.date.available 2014-03-25T22:29:18Z
dc.date.issued 2012-03
dc.description.abstract Solid waste management is the one thing just about every city government provides for its residents. While service levels, environmental impacts and costs vary dramatically, solid waste management is arguably the most important municipal service and serves as a prerequisite for other municipal action. As the world hurtles toward its urban future, the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW), one of the most important by-products of an urban lifestyle, is growing even faster than the rate of urbanization. Ten years ago there were 2.9 billion urban residents who generated about 0.64 kg of MSW per person per day (0.68 billion tonnes per year). This report estimates that today these amounts have increased to about 3 billion residents generating 1.2 kg per person per day (1.3 billion tonnes per year). By 2025 this will likely increase to 4.3 billion urban residents generating about 1.42 kg/capita/day of municipal solid waste (2.2 billion tonnes per year). en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16537275/waste-global-review-solid-waste-management
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17388
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Urban development series;knowledge papers no. 15
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject APPROPRIATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject APPROPRIATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject ASH
dc.subject ASH COMPOSITION
dc.subject ASH WASTE
dc.subject AVERAGE WASTE DENSITIES
dc.subject BULKY ITEMS
dc.subject BULKY WASTES
dc.subject COAL
dc.subject COMPOSTING
dc.subject CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject DEMOLITION MATERIALS
dc.subject DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
dc.subject DEMOLITION WASTE
dc.subject DETRITUS
dc.subject DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
dc.subject ELECTRICITY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
dc.subject FOOD WASTES
dc.subject FUEL
dc.subject FUEL SOURCE
dc.subject GAS
dc.subject GAS INDIVIDUAL HEATING
dc.subject GLASS
dc.subject HAZARDOUS WASTES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD GOODS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES
dc.subject INADEQUATE WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject INADEQUATE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject INCINERATION
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL WASTE
dc.subject INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject IRON
dc.subject LANDFILL
dc.subject LANDFILLING
dc.subject LIME
dc.subject LITTER
dc.subject LOCATION
dc.subject METALS
dc.subject MSW
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SERVICES
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DATA
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERATION RATE
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE STREAM
dc.subject OIL
dc.subject ORGANIC MATTER
dc.subject PAPER
dc.subject PAPER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject PAPER MATERIALS
dc.subject PESTICIDES
dc.subject PLASTIC
dc.subject PLASTICS
dc.subject POWER PLANTS
dc.subject PVC
dc.subject RECYCLING
dc.subject REFINERIES
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL WASTE
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL WASTES
dc.subject RESIDUES
dc.subject RURAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SANITATION DEPARTMENT
dc.subject SCRAP
dc.subject SLUDGE
dc.subject SOLID WASTE
dc.subject SOLID WASTE DATA
dc.subject SOLID WASTE DATA COLLECTION
dc.subject SOLID WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject SOLID WASTE GENERATION DATA
dc.subject SOLID WASTE GENERATORS
dc.subject SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
dc.subject SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
dc.subject SOLID WASTE PLANNERS
dc.subject SPECIAL WASTE
dc.subject SPECIAL WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject STREET CLEANING
dc.subject STREET SWEEPINGS
dc.subject TIRES
dc.subject TOTAL WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject TOTAL WASTE QUANTITIES
dc.subject TYPES OF WASTES
dc.subject URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject URBAN SOLID WASTE
dc.subject URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject URBAN WASTE
dc.subject URBAN WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT DATA
dc.subject URBAN WASTE QUANTITIES
dc.subject URBAN WORK
dc.subject WASTE
dc.subject WASTE
dc.subject WASTE COMPONENTS
dc.subject WASTE COMPOSITION
dc.subject WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject WASTE EXCHANGES
dc.subject WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject WASTE GENERATION RATE
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS
dc.subject WASTE MINIMIZATION
dc.subject WASTE PRODUCTION
dc.subject WASTE QUANTITIES
dc.subject WASTE REDUCTION
dc.subject WASTE STREAM
dc.subject WASTE STREAMS
dc.subject WASTES
dc.subject WASTEWATER
dc.subject WASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subject WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject WHITE GOODS
dc.subject YARD WASTES
dc.subject SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject PULP & PAPER
dc.subject DATA
dc.subject DATA COLLECTING
dc.subject LANDFILLS
dc.subject INCINERATION
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL WASTES
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTE
dc.subject MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
dc.subject USER FEESAGRICULTURAL WASTES
dc.title What a Waste : A Global Review of Solid Waste Management en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2012-07-24
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16537275/waste-global-review-solid-waste-management
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.globalpractice Energy and Extractives
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20120725004131
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16537275
okr.identifier.report 68135
okr.language.supported en
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okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Urban Solid Waste Management
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Sanitation and Sewerage
okr.topic Energy :: Energy and Environment
okr.topic Waste Disposal and Utilization
okr.unit Urban Unit (FEUUR)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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