Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Have you come across large piles of garbage in neighbourhoods and streets and smelly waste disposal sites polluting the environment of low- and middle-income countries? Do you want to know what kind of sustainable solutions are appropriate to better manage waste and enhance recycling and recovery? If yes, this course is for you! This course provides you with an overview of the municipal solid waste management situation in low- and middle-income countries. It covers key elements of the waste management system, such as its technical, environmental, social, financial and institutional aspects. Besides understanding the challenges, you will be introduced to appropriate and already applied solutions through selected case studies

• Understand challenges of solid waste management in developing countries
• Analyze technical, environmental, and social aspects of waste systems
• Evaluate sustainable solutions to reduce waste and enhance recycling
• Review case studies from low- and middle-income countries

• Basic familiarity with waste management terminology
• Readiness to practice through applied exercises or case studies