Solid Waste Management in the Caribbean: Proceedings from the Caribbean Solid Waste Conference
This publication looks into the Solid Waste Sector situation in nine Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Adequate solid waste management is a particularly sensitive issue for them. This publication provides a detailed overview of the institutional arrangements in these countries, describes the main challenges and recommendations for solid waste collection, treatment and disposal, and discusses topics such as the financial sustainability and the impact of climate change on the sector.
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| Format: | Technical Notes biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Waste Management, Recycling, Waste-to-Energy, Environmental Protection, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, N56 - Latin America • Caribbean, Q52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs • Distributional Effects • Employment Effects, Q53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling, Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming, Refuse Disposal;Environmental Impact;Factory and trade waste;Caribbean Solid Waste Conference, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009290 https://publications.iadb.org/en/solid-waste-management-caribbean-proceedings-caribbean-solid-waste-conference |
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