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UN-HABITAT - Solid Waste Management In the World's Cities
Abstract
Regardless of the context, managing solid waste is one of biggest challenges of the urban areas of all
sizes, from mega-cities to the small towns and large villages, which are home to the majority of
humankind. It is almost always in the top five of the most challenging problems for city managers. It is
somewhat strange that it receives so little attention compared to other urban management issues. The
quality of waste management services is a good indicator of a city’s governance. The way in which
waste is produced and discarded gives us a key insight into how people live. In fact if a city is dirty, the
local administration may be considered ineffective or its residents may be accused of littering.
Available data show that cities spend a substantial proportion of their available recurrent budget on
solid waste management, yet waste collection rates for cities in low- and middle-income countries
range from a low of 10 per cent in peri-urban areas to a high of 90 per cent in commercial city centres.
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