Short Course on Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology – Eawag

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 management situation in low- and middle-income countries. It covers key elements of the waste management system, such as its technical, environmental, social, financial and institutional aspects. Besides understanding the challenges, you will be introduced to appropriate and already applied solutions through selected case studies.

Curriculum

• Physical elements of solid waste management
• Physical elements of solid waste management: lesson choices
• Governance aspects of solid waste management
• Governance aspects of solid waste management: lesson choices
• Organic waste treatment
• Organic waste treatment: lesson choices
• Special waste fractions
• Special waste fractions: lesson choices
• Strategic issues and planning in solid waste management
• Strategic issues and planning in solid waste management: lesson choices