Solid Waste Management in the Pacific: Appropriate Technologies
Woodruff, Allison | June 2014
Abstract
This flyer outlines appropriate technologies for solid waste management in the Pacific. Effective management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) is difficult because of several country-specific characteristics. These include limited land area, customary land ownership; environmental fragility; limited human and financial capacity; and in some countries, a heavy reliance on tourism. The challenges mean that selecting technologies that are appropriate to the physical and socioeconomic context of Pacific DMCs is critical for improving solid waste management (SWM) in the region. SWM includes the collection, transport, minimization, recycling, and disposal of wastes. Although SWM systems are operated in 15 urban areas of the 14 Pacific DMCs covered in this assessment, the coverage, reliability, and efficiency of these systems, and their impacts on public health and the environment, vary considerably.
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Woodruff, Allison. 2014. Solid Waste Management in the Pacific: Appropriate Technologies. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/411. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Health System Developments
Urban Health Services
Rural Health Services
Health Service Management
Health Care Quality
Health Aspects of Poverty
Child Health
Health aid
Medical Statistics
Child Nutrition
Health Costs
Medical Economics
Medical and health care industry
Delivery of health care
Prevention of disease
Nutrition and state
Sanitation systems
Health status indicators
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