Managing urban wastes

In 1999, 135 Brazilian cities were operating separated waste collection services, benefiting around six million Brazilians. City governments have allocated resources in the training of street waste collectors (catadores), encouraging their organization into cooperatives. The service is then no drain of public finances and provides an income for those families in most need.

1. Managing wastes
2. Managing urban environmental problems
3. Improving urban management

1. Training in waste reuse and recycling for urban managers
2. Separating components of urban solid waste
3. Reducing animal excrement in urban environments
4. Providing ideas for recycling household items
5. Providing environmental infrastructure for human settlements
6. Organizing household refuse pick-up
7. Investing in urban water supply, waste collection and treatment facilities
8. Investigating interaction between agriculture and environment
9. Extending waste management services to the unserved urban poor
10. Disposing of local sewer wastes
11. Disposing of household refuse

1. Developing provision of household services

1. Underdeveloped provision of household services
2. Inadequate domestic refuse disposal

1. Wastage