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T1 Waste Management as an Essential Service in Latin America and the Caribbean: Articulating Social and Environmental Policy for the post-COVID-19 Recovery - Policy Brief
T2 La gestión de residuos como servicio esencial en América Latina y el Caribe: articulando la política social y ambiental para la recuperación pos-COVID-19 – Resumen de política
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 hazardous waste
K1 medical waste
K1 waste management
K1 environmental policy
K1 waste treatment
K1 COVID-19
K1 waste utilization
K1 Latin America and the Caribbean
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32615
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32615
NO Governments need to consider waste management as an urgent and essential public service to respond to emergencies such as the COVID-19 outbreak, in order to minimize possible secondary impacts upon health and the environment. Response measures need toconsider all types of waste, including healthcare and household waste.
NO https://www.unep.org/resources/policy-and-strategy/articulating-social-and-environmental-policy-post-covid-19-recovery
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026