External Links SWM

Sanicon resource network has a chapter on Solid Waste Management and focuses especially on "Developing Countries"

World Bank web-site on Municipal Solid Waste Management covers resource information on key topics: Strategic Service Planning; Institutional Arrangements; Private Sector Participation; Financial Management and Environmental Management. It also includes a variety of documents which can be downloaded as well as a list of key readings.

WEDC - at the University of Loughborough, UK, offers training modules and online resources related to solid waste management .

WHO has much information and publications on Health-care waste management

SKAT consulting as well as SKAT foundation has project and resource information on solid waste management with special focus on developing countries

WASTE is an adviser for development projects in countries in Africa, Asia,Latin America and Eastern Europe. WASTE aims at sustainable improvement of the urban environment and amelioration of the living conditions of the low-income population. The web-site contains project information as well as publications

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Municipal Solid Waste web-pages contains a wealth of information on MSW, including the following: Basic Facts; Frequently Asked Questions; Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle; Disposal and other Topics