Disaster Waste Management Guidelines

2011 | Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit

Disaster waste is a well-recognized threat to health, safety and the environment, and can also be a major impediment to post-disaster rescue operations.Experience shows that disaster waste is often managed in an ad hoc manner, however, and that substantial improvements can be made in future response efforts. These guidelines, developed collaboratively by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency – or MSB for short – and the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit, aim to do just that.  They represent much of the best current knowledge and lessons learned on disaster waste management, and provide national authorities and international relief experts alike with sound and practical advice to help them manage disaster waste.  They were developed following a request by governments at the international Advisory Group on Environment Emergencies, and are based on extensive consultations with national and international stakeholders.These guidelines are an important start to improving the management of disaster waste.  They must be complemented by efforts to ensure their uptake and regular use through a range of disaster management mechanisms.  We look forward to working with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve this.

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2024 | RRC.AP, AIT, ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Manual on Plastic Leakage Prevention from Formal and Informal Recycling Facilities, Nonthaburi - Thailand

2024 | Asian Institute of Technology, RRC.AP

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Situation Assessment Report on Plastic Leakage Prevention from Formal and Informal Recycling Facilities, Nonthaburi - Thailand

2024 | Asian Institute of Technology, RRC.AP

The main goal of this study is to evaluate plastic and pellet losses and leakage from the logistical handling and pre-processing operations of informal recycling groups in Thailand, focusing on recovered post-consumer plastic waste and factory processing operations. The focus areas of this study are the Nonthaburi Municipality and Pattaya City.

Situation Assessment Report on the Prevention of Plastic and Resin Pellet Leakage from Formal and Informal Recycing Facilities, Vientaine - Lao PDR

2024 | Asian Institute of Technology, RRC.AP

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Situation Assessment Report on Plastic Leakage Prevention from Formal and Informal Recycling Facilities, Manila City and Iloilo City - Philippines

2024 | Asian Institute of Technology, RRC.AP

Situation Assessment Report on Plastic Leakage Prevention from Formal and Informal Recycling Facilities, Manila City and Iloilo City - Philippines

Situation Assessment Report on the Prevention of Plastic and Resin Pellet Leakage from Formal and Informal Recycing Factories, Hanoi - Vietnam

2024 | Asian Institute of Technology, RRC.AP

Situation Assessment Report on the Prevention of Plastic and Resin Pellet Leakage from Formal and Informal Recycing Factories, Hanoi - Vietnam