Small Island Developing States: Waste Management Outlook - Summary for Decision-makers

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-12T09:45:41Z
dc.date.available2019-03-12T09:45:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThis summary for decision-makers outlines the state of waste management in Small Island Developing States and presents key challenges, impacts and priority actions across solid, liquid and gaseous waste management. It describes patterns of waste generation, collection, disposal, recycling, wastewater management and emissions, and highlights the environmental, economic and public health consequences of inadequate waste management. The document identifies priority waste streams, including hazardous, plastic, tyre, construction and demolition, and disaster waste, and discusses technology assessment, regional cooperation and integrated policy approaches.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27684
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageFrench
dc.languageSpanish
dc.page.number8 p.
dc.relation.TableOfContentsThe State of Waste Management in SIDS Wastewater Emissions The Economic Impact of Mismanaged Waste in SIDS Priority Waste Streams in SIDS What Can Be Done Disaster Waste in the Small Islands Upcoming Issue: Nanomaterials Technologies for SIDS What Needs to Happen to Improve Waste Management in SIDS National and Local Actions to Improve Waste Management Systems in SIDS About this SIDS Waste Management Outlook
dc.relation.ispartofSmall Island Developing States Waste Management Outlook
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.subjectmunicipal waste
dc.subjectwastewater
dc.subjecthazardous waste
dc.subjectSmall Island Developing States
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.themeenvironmental policy
dc.subject.themeinformation
dc.subject.themedigital transformation
dc.titleSmall Island Developing States: Waste Management Outlook - Summary for Decision-makersen
dc.title.alternativePetits états insulaires en développement: Gestion des déchets perspectives - Résumé a l'intention des décideursfr
dc.title.alternativePequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo: Perspectiva de la gestión de residuos - Resumen para tomadores de decisioneses
dc.typePolicy brief

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