Managing Municipal Solid Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean : Integrating the Private Sector, Harnessing Incentives

Managing Municipal Solid Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean : Integrating the Private Sector, Harnessing Incentives

This note states that Latin America's urban population has grown, and its solid waste has increased at an even faster pace. Today the region's urban areas generate about 369,000 tons a day of solid waste. Ensuring that the waste is collec...

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Main Authors:	Hoornweg, Daniel, Giannelli, Natalie
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CENTRAL AMERICA COMBUSTION COMPOSTING COMPOSTING PROJECTS DEMOLITION WASTE DISPOSAL SITES DUMP SITES EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FINAL DISPOSAL FUEL HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE INCOME LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY LANDFILL MANAGEMENT LANDFILL OPERATORS LANDFILL PROJECTS LANDFILLING LANDFILLS LATIN AMERICAN METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS METHANE GAS MUNICIPAL ENGINEER MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPAL SOLID MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL WASTE NONHAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE OPEN DUMPS RECYCLING RECYCLING PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL WASTE SAFE WASTE DISPOSAL SANITARY LANDFILL SANITARY LANDFILL OPERATIONS SANITARY LANDFILLS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLID WASTE SERVICES SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS SOURCE SEPARATION SOUTH AMERICA STREET SWEEPINGS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSFER STATIONS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION WASTE COLLECTION WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE DIVERSION WASTE GENERATION WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WASTE REDUCTION WASTE STREAM WASTE STREAMS YARD WASTE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8823604/managing-municipal-solid-waste-latin-america-caribbean-integrating-private-sector-harnessing-incentives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10639

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8823604/managing-municipal-solid-waste-latin-america-caribbean-integrating-private-sector-harnessing-incentives
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10639