Summary
Waste management handbook to support UN Peacekeeping Operations. The guide can be used as a reference document for many organisations from the sector.
Content
The purpose of this practical handbook is to provide comprehensive guidance, minimum standards, recommendations, and reference information for improved solid and hazardous waste management across UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs) and Field Based Special Political Missions (SPMs) in compliance with the Department for Operational Support (DOS) Environmental Policy for UN Peacekeeping Operations and Field Based Special Political Missions (DOS/2022.01) and the Environmental Policy for the UN Secretariat (2020).
The handbook is intended to serve as a central reference for solid and hazardous waste management. It aims to guide waste management and environmental officers, engineers, service contractors, uniformed environmental focal points, and civilian and uniformed component leadership at PKO and Field Based SPM Missions and across other UN entities.
Source: Department of Operational Support (DOS)