Assisting waste and recycling in the informal sector

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends enabling local and municipal authorities to mobilize community support for waste reuse and recycling by involving and assisting informal sector waste reuse and recycling operations.

1. Providing technical assistance
2. Improving conditions in the informal sector
3. Creating waste recycling structures

1. Supporting waste reuse in small communities
2. Ship recycling
3. Increasing availability of low-cost sanitation options

1. Recycling materials
2. Maximizing waste reuse

1. Wastage
2. Assistance