Articles

• WasteAid Toolkit
  6 September 2017, by Philippe

  Zoë Lenkiewicz and Mike Webster, CIWM/Wasteaid, Octobrer 2017
  Making Waste Work is a practical toolkit, developed for CIWM by WasteAid UK. An early draft was ‘field tested’ at a workshop in The Gambia for community-based organisations from 11 low and middle income countries. Specific chapters and the How-to guides have also benefitted from the input of CIWM members and global development practitioners. It is designed to be used as an online and offline resource to motivate and inspire (…)

• Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET)
  25 February 2025, by Pauline

  The Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET) is an Excel-based tool that quantifies emissions of methane, black carbon, and other pollutants from sources in the municipal solid waste sector.
  The tool provides emissions and emissions reduction estimates at the project-, source-, and municipality-level. Cities can use this information for multiple purposes, including: Establishing a baseline scenario Comparing as many as four alternative scenarios Analyzing specific policies or (…)

• Boîte à outils déchets - Action internationale et dispositif 1 % déchets
  10 January 2024, by Philippe

  Outils institutionnels de la Délégation pour l’action extérieure des collectivités territoriales (DAECT) et de la Commission nationale de la coopération (CNCD).
  À l’horizon 2050, la production de déchets dans le monde devrait atteindre 3,4 milliards de tonnes. Les pays en développement sont les premiers concernés par cette explosion, caractérisant ainsi un réel défi à relever lors des prochaines décennies.
  À ce titre, depuis les années 1990 de nombreuses collectivités locales se sont (…)

• Waste Wise Cities Tool
  23 March, by Lucia Lopez

  Developed as part of the Waste Wise Cities initiative, the Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) is an operational guide designed to help local governments assess the performance of their municipal waste management systems.
  Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators, this tool enables the measurement of: Municipal solid waste management (SDG 11.6.1), Food waste generation (SDG 12.3.1), As well as resource recovery systems (SDG 12.5.1).
  The guide proposes a seven-step (…)

• Municipal solid waste management in developing countries
  6 September 2023, by Philippe

  Ten-module online course offered by the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
  Have you come across large piles of garbage in neighbourhoods and streets and smelly waste disposal sites polluting the environment of low- and middle-income countries? Do you want to know what kind of sustainable solutions are appropriate to better manage waste and enhance recycling and recovery? If yes, this course is for you!
  This course provides you with an overview of the municipal solid waste (…)

• ISO Circular economy presentation
  5 June 2025, by Pauline

  Circular economy is an economic system that uses a systemic approach to maintain a circular flow of resources, by recovering, retaining or adding to their value, while contributing to sustainable development.
  This presentation introduces the ISO framework for transitioning to a circular economy through the ISO 59000 family of standards. It outlines the global context of resource depletion and environmental degradation caused by the linear economy. The circular economy model proposed (…)