Improper waste management is an environmental and social challenge that affects millions of people worldwide, and continues to grow in scale with rising urban populations and incomes. Taking action on solid waste management is an opportunity for cities to improve the local and the global community – waste management can protect their local community’s environment and public health, and contribute to global climate efforts.
The Waste Initiative is working with participating cities to help them develop robust waste management systems to achieve real and immediate short-lived climate pollutant reductions and other benefits. The aim is to improve cities’ waste management practices through actions that are sustainable in the long term, that are compatible with the local context, and that are replicable through city-to-city collaboration.
The Waste Initiative supports cities in several realms:
After cities join the Waste Initiative, they progress through four stages to achieve real and immediate SLCP reductions and other benefits. Learn how to take action!
This document has been realized as part of the second phase of the City Assistance Project offered to the Municipality of Sao Paulo (Brazil) under the framework of the Climate and Clean Air...
View waste management strategies from cities participating in the Municipal Solid Waste Initiative's city network.
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