Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) PPPs

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: Navigate the following subsections for more information and sample laws and agreements: 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)Initiatives to promote micro-enterprise to regularize informal sector
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Updated: June 15, 2021
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