For more information about the KNOWLEDGE PAPERS Urban Development Series, contact: WHAT A WASTE: A GLOBAL REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT A GLOBAL REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE A WASTE: WHAT Urban Development and Local Government Unit Public Disclosure Authorized Sustainable Development Network The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC, 20433 USA WHAT A WASTE Email:
[email protected] A Global Review of Solid Waste Management Website: www.worldbank.org/urban Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized March 2012, No. 15 Previous Knowledge Papers in This Series Lessons and Experiences from Private Sector Initiatives Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into Urban/ in Slum Upgrading Water (AFTU1 & AFTU2) Projects Judy L. Baker and Kim McClain, Nina Schuler, Alicia Casalis, Sylvie Debomy, May 2009, No. 8 Christianna Johnnides, and Kate Kuper, September 2005, No. 1 The Urban Rehabilitation of the Medinas: The World Bank Experience Occupational and Environmental in the Middle East and North Africa Health Issues of Solid Waste Anthony G. Bigio and Guido Licciardi, Management: Special Emphasis on May 2010, No. 9 Middle and Lower-Income Countries Sandra Cointreau, July 2006, No. 2 Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda A Review of Urban Development Issues Daniel Hoornweg, December 2010, No. 10 in Poverty Reduction Strategies Judy L. Baker and Iwona Reichardt, Memo to the Mayor: Improving Access June 2007, No. 3 to Urban Land for All Residents — Fulfilling the Promise Urban Poverty in Ethiopia: A Multi- Barbara Lipman, with Robin Rajack, Faceted and Spatial Perspective June 2011, No. 11 Elisa Muzzini, January 2008, No. 4 Conserving the Past as a Foundation Urban Poverty: A Global View for the Future: China-World Bank Judy L.