Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) PPPs

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While municipalities are generally responsible for solid waste services, the private sector has long been involved in the municipal solid waste sector through outsourcing arrangements and informally through waste picking and sorting.

Recent trends in involvement of the private sector in the municipal solid waste sector in developing countries are partly driven by more stringent environmental standards and the recognition that the private sector can play a significant role in improving environmental and hygiene issues around solid waste collection and disposal. They include:

  • regularizing of waste picker initiatives as part of the public-private partnerships (PPP) solution
  • introduction and promotion of more output focused contracts for street cleaning and solid waste collection
  • involvement of the private sector in treatment and disposal projects to introduce technical innovation into through sanitary landfill technology, recycling and in waste to energy projects
  • involvement of the private sector in financing capital investment.

Navigate the following subsections for more information and sample laws and agreements:

Initiatives to promote micro-enterprise to regularize informal sector

A major challenge in the solid waste sector in developing countries is the informal sector and waste picking and finding ways to incorporate or regularize these activities into the private sector solution. One solution that creates livelihood for urban poor is through the incorporation of micro-enterprises and informal waste recycling cooperatives into the municipal solid waste management system. Research has shown that the promotion of micro-enterprises is an effective way of extending affordable services to poor urban communities. An example of where this has been achieved successfully is in Argentina (pdf).

For guidance on some of the solutions being adopted for regularizing the informal sector, go to the PPIAF Gridline The informal recycling sector in developing countries, organizing waste pickers to enhance their impact.

GIZ - Role of Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management and Enabling Conditions for its Integration (2011)

Subsections

Solid Waste Laws and Regulations Laws and regulatory considerations for solid waste management projects may include questions of land ownership, public… more
Sample Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) PPP Agreements
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Solid Waste Sample and Contracts: Street cleaning…
The World Bank has developed a number of sample contracts for client countries for municipal solid waste collection,… more
BOT DBO and Concession Agreements for municipal…
The World Bank has developed a number of sample contracts for client countries for sanitary landfill design… more
Integrated Systems for Solid Waste Management
BrazilSao Bernardo do Campo Landfill - Integrated Solid Waste Management and LandfillShort summary in English: A 30… more
Municipal Solid Waste and Waste Management PPP…
Public private partnership toolkits are a collection of resources for policymakers and other parties interested in… more
Further Reading: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) PPPs While municipalities are generally responsible for solid waste services, the private sector has long been involved in… more

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