MANILA, Philippines—As solid waste management persists as a significant challenge in the Philippines, the government is prompted to explore waste-to-energy (WTE) initiatives as a dual strategy to ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, and Vadodara in Gujarat are struggling with solid waste management. Waste-to-energy plants planned for these cities have seen repeated delays. The Rajkot project has ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

A citizen’s advisory group has recommended a change in the use of state funds for cleaning up leaking landfills that makes sense and should be implemented. Because many landfills were constructed ...

Today is the first day of spring, which means we soon can switch from shoveling snow to mowing the yard. This year, properly disposing of yard waste is an issue the region needs to address. In ...

Each year, more than 32 million tons of solid waste are generated in Nigeria. But only about 30 percent of it is collected. Most of the waste, which is mostly generated by households, traders, and ...