WREC Quick Guide Waste Management, August 2023 3/4

Summary

This is a guide on solid waste management within humanitarian operations, aiming to enhance practices and mitigate environmental impacts. It outlines strategies for waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and proper disposal to ensure sustainability, dated August 2023.

Content

This guide has been designed by the WREC to provide an introduction to waste management principles and highlight its potential applications across the humanitarian sector, and is specifically tailored for humanitarian logisticians seeking to practically incorporate environmental considerations into their day-to-day field operations.

Also available in Arabic, French and Spanish below.

This guide is part of a WREC series. You can access also:

• WREC Introductory Guide to Circular Economy 
• WREC Introductory Guide to Green Procurement
• WREC Introductory Guide to Supply Chain Decarbonization
• WREC Introductory Guide for Medical Logistics professionals
• WREC Introductory Guide to Reverse Logistics

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