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WASTE policy is to make their knowledge and expertise freely available for those who are interested. This has resulted in a large number of publications. Books, Working Documents, Case studies and other papers and reports are listed below. Most of the documents can be downloaded. Hard copies can be ordered on a basis of cost recovery.
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Occupational Health Aspects of Waste Collection and Waste Recycling, a Survey of the Literature UWEP Working Document 4- part I
Occupational health aspects of formal and informal sector waste handling is relatively unexplored and opinions often differ on the risks presented by waste separation and recycling. This desk study analyses a series of case studies and highlights the need for further dissemination of occupational health risks and strategies to deal with them to waste workers in the South.
Read more or download WD04_I.pdf (1.34 MB)
Occupational Health Aspects of Waste Collection and Waste Recycling, an inventory Study in India UWEP Working Document 4 part II
This study was conducted in India, and is a follow?up on a literature study on the health aspects of waste handling, published as Working Document 4, Part I. This study gives an overview of Indian legislation, discusses health effects of waste recycling, discusses the issue of child labour and identifies the clear need for awareness raising and the improvement of working conditions.
Read more or download WD04_II.pdf (1.73 MB)
Organic Waste - Options for small-scale resource recovery Urban Waste Series 1 - This document describes low-cost options for the use of urban organic waste to generate useful end products, which support agriculture and energy generation. Activities discussed include animal raising, composting and co-composting, biogas generation and the production of briquettes.
Read more or download Organic Waste.pdf (861 kB)
Participatory Management in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in West Bengal UWEP Occasional Paper
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Plastic Recycling in Bangalore - India This report reflects the results of a case-study research in Bangalore, India. It offers the reader a picture of the role the various stakeholders play in urban waste management with an emphasis on the importance of small and micro-enterprises and community involvement.
Read more or download CS-pla ind_ebook.pdf (718 kB)
Plastic Reprocessing Pilot Project Bangalore Needs Assessment - Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Dimension
Case Study Report
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Plastic Waste - Options for small-scale resource recovery Urban Waste Series 2 - This document describes how mixed plastic waste is reprocessed by informal small-scale enterprises and converted into end products for direct resale or use in formal industries. It provides some initial guidelines for the successful development of plastic waste recovery and reprocessing enterprises.
Read more or download UW2 PLASTIC ebook.pdf (830 kB)
Possibilities for Ecological Sanitation in the Netherlands This Master thesis is an inventory of the possibilities for ecological sanitation techniques in potential new housing projects in the Netherlands, from the perspective of the potential users of the facilities.
Read more or download CS_es_NL possib.pdf (997 kB)
Pre-publication: Solid Waste Management in the World's Cities WASTE has been asked to realise a publication as part of the UN Habitat's State of the World Cities series, giving an overview of the various ways of waste management in cities around the world.
At this moment more than 25 professionals are working on the city profile of their respective cities, and collecting parallel data, to allow analysis, comparison, and cross-referencing.
In the meantime UN Habitat has published a so-called pre-publication, Solid Waste Management in the World's cities to give an impression what actual book will look like. This book is very much a book for decision-makers.
In addition, specific features of the profiled cities – and others – will be highlighted in short case examples.
Present Technological Options for Water Use and Treatment Present Technological Options for Water Use and Treatment in the Context of the Ecological Integrity Approach
UWEP Occasional Paper
Read more or download OP_techn.pdf (174 kB)
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