Expanding waste collection and disposal services

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.

1. Managing wastes
2. Disposing of wastes
3. Expanding-Contracting

1. Upgrading status and skills of managers in waste management agencies
2. Supporting community waste recycling
3. Strengthening information networks on innovative waste disposal methods
4. Setting waste management goals
5. Providing waste management information to global information systems
6. Providing training on low-cost waste collection and disposal options
7. Preparing guidelines on waste management for unserved low-income areas
8. Planning and constructing of new waste treatment facilities
9. Modernizing sanitary facilities
10. Integrating waste management with other basic services
11. Improving municipal management information systems
12. Improving institutional capacity on waste management planning and service delivery
13. Improving coordination of waste management programmes in the United Nations system
14. Identifying low-cost options for waste management
15. Finding waste management solutions for densely populated areas and small islands
16. Financing waste management services in deprived areas
17. Facilitating use of low-cost waste management technology
18. Facilitating transfer of waste management technology
19. Extending waste management services to the unserved urban poor
20. Expanding waste management services to unserved areas
21. Expanding public participation in solid waste management
22. Establishing international clearing house for information on waste management and disposal
23. Establishing exchange programmes for waste management staff
24. Ensuring full cost recovery from waste generators
25. Constructing waste stabilization ponds
26. Building waste disposal system
27. Assessing approaches for extending waste management services

1. Wastage
2. Service
3. Overeffective

1. Agenda 21