What a Waste : A Global Review of Solid Waste Management
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 an...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16537275/waste-global-review-solid-waste-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17388 |
| Summary: | 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). |
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