Because people spend the majority of their time indoors, the variable efficiency with which ambient PM2.5 penetrates and persists indoors is a source of error in epidemiologic studies...
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and energy consumption were estimated in wastewater treatment plants using an elaborate mathematical model that included coagulation/flocculation, anaerobic digester...
This document provides a conceptual and methodological framework that countries may apply and adapt to their particular circumstances. It outlines a possible process and poses questions that...
The ISWA report gives a full account of the current status of Waste management practices around the world, along with the latest developments in the field. The reports accounts for reports from...
The guide is designed to highlight basic concepts and best practices related to landfill gas energy (LFGE) projects. Because LFGE projects operate within a complex framework of political, legal,...
The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) sector is worth USD 390 billion in both OECD and emerging countries and provides up to 5% of urban jobs in low-income countries. Global MSW production...
Organic waste management (i.e. composting and anaerobic digestion) represent a key opportunity for achieving the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants from the municipal solid waste sector....
This policy brief explains why local governments in developing Asia should expand the use of biological treatment methods for organic waste1. It emphasises the role played by national and...
Lead by the World Bank, this Knowledge Paper of the Urban Development Series discusses the challenge of urbanization with a focus on developing countries in the decades ahead. This...
This book is intended to assist those who influence public and private sector investments in solid waste collection systems in developing countries. It seeks to address decision-...
