RT Report
T1 Waste Management Outlook for West Asia 2019: Waste to Wealth
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Dumble, Paul
A2 Tarek, Ihab
A2 Nizami, Abdul Sattar
K1 waste management
K1 hazardous waste
K1 sustainable development
K1 environmental health
K1 dumping
K1 Western Asia
K1 Sustainable Development Goals
K1 technology
K1 waste treatment
K1 solid waste management
K1 municipal waste
K1 recycling
K1 case study
K1 electronic waste
K1 Lebanon
K1 State of Palestine
K1 United Arab Emirates
K1 Iraq
K1 Yemen
SN 978-92-807-3767-7
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31205
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31205
NO This Regional Outlook builds upon the Global Waste Management Outlook published in 2015. Focusing on waste management systems, finance and governance, it articulates a means of future progress toward sustainable waste management to enable a transition from a region historically dependent on  the low cost of dumping waste to one utilizing waste as a resource. To visualize this process, the Regional Outlook highlights the potential of the circular economy, in which waste serves as a resource and as a driver of regional economic growth through multi-stakeholder involvement, creating a range of funding and investment opportunities. This Regional Outlook sets out a comprehensive view of the current situation across the region, where pressures for sound waste management have increased as the population has grown from 99 million in 2000 to 155 million in 2016, with the proportion of urban residents increasing from 63% to 70%. Topics discussed include Status of the Region in Waste Management; Waste Governance; Technologies, Waste Systems and Operations, Business and Economic Opportunities in Waste; and Sustainable Development Goals.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026