Seeking to mine even more value out of the waste it collects, Waste Management has struck a deal with "sustainable" chemicals company Genomatica to turn the solid municipal waste into a revenue stream ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2020, the world was estimated to generate 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste, amounting to a footprint of 0.79 kilograms per person per day.

Municipal solid waste management and landfill engineering represent a critical research domain, addressing both environmental sustainability and public safety. Contemporary studies focus on ...

The World Bank has been providing technical assistance and finance to Morocco’s municipal solid waste sector since 2003, supporting the government improve the governance of the sector, professionalize ...

Karad Municipal Council was honored with an award by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an international organization focused on pollution reduction and environmentally sustainable ...

In the Garden of Eden, before the Fall, everything was necessary, available, and used. There were no excesses, no packaging, no solid waste, no landfills, no need for recycling. There was no disease, ...

In a major step toward improving urban sanitation, the Pune district administration will follow the successful Indore model of solid waste management across all 14 municipal councils and four nagar ...