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Campaign on Waste management in Nairobi
The video shows the current living conditions of one part of the Nairobi society, having to deal with increasing waste dumping and lack of health and safety standards in waste management practices.
e-Waste: the National Solid Waste Association of India
A big list of links for e-Waste is provided by the National Solid Waste Association of India. Links are covering most of the aspects regarding e-Waste such as legislation, treatment options, environmental impacts etc.
e-Waste Environmental Impacts
The World Resources Institute has published a review on e-Waste under the title: ''TOXIC TRADE: The Real Cost Of Electronic Waste Exports from the United States.''
e-Waste Materials' Environmental Impacts
Recycling for Charities has published a list with the majority of environmental impacts caused by the individual types of materials, that are included in the electronic devices that end up as waste.
Glass Recycling Information Sheet
Waste Online provides answers to the following questions with regards to glass recycling:
Why bother?
What you can do?
How's, what's and where's of recycling glass?
Sources of Further Information
What the law says?
Health Care Waste Management in Sri Lanka
The report was one of the outcomes of the CORDAID project in Sri Lanka, after the Tsunami incident, for reconstruction and relief aid. Based on a request to the Central Environment Authority an assessment was made of the solid waste situation caused by...
Hospital Waste Management in the Philippines
This study was designed to understand and document the waste management practices especially for toxic and hazardous waste in the health care sector. Specifically, it contains two case studies of tertiary hospitals in Metro Manila. These case studies...
Hospital Waste Fact Sheet by WWF
The World Wide Fund (WWF) has published a series of key factsheets including one for Hospital Waste. The factsheet provides information on:
Different Types of Hospital Waste
Guidelines
Practices of Improper Disposal
Solutions...
Construction and Demolition Waste by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The US EPA provides online many useful information and resources for construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Among others a wide range of C&D materials reduction techniques, such as reduce, reuse, recycle, and rebuy are described.
Solid Waste Management in Nepal
This paper, produced by Water Aid, provides an overview of a range of waste management related themes for the case of Nepal. The report presents information on the following topics:
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Waste Collection...
