Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2020, the world was estimated to generate 2.24 billion tonnes of solid waste, amounting to a footprint of 0.79 kilograms per person per day.

It is therefore welcome that new solid waste segregation rules are being framed for implementation in the near future. At the ...

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing, requested the National ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...