Regional Approach to Municipal Solid Waste Management
Published: Jul 31, 2012
Institutional arrangement enables the coming together of the partnering municipalities. The process serves two key purposes: establishing formal (management) structure for regional projects; and, providing the necessary authority for financing, operating and monitoring the SWM activities.
Abstract: Increasing urbanisation and changing lifestyles are generating an enormous quantum of waste that small or even big cities cannot manage independently. To meet the challenge, a regionally organised management of solid waste has been under consideration in our nation. Economy of scale along with pulled professional, technical and human expertise makes such an option viable.
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