Publications
CAPACITY MAPPING FOR MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE LOWER MEKONG
This report presents findings of capacity-mapping study on the monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution in the Lower Mekong Region. The study was conducted as part of the UN Environment …
Summary report: Waste Management in ASEAN countries
This summary report examines the waste management landscape in 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States. This report begins with the statistics on the trends of population growth, …
Asia Waste Management Outlook
The Asia Waste Management Outlook (AWMO) provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in waste management in the context of Asia. The AWMO is not intended to be a …
Regional Study on Mercury Waste Management in the ASEAN Countries
The scoping study serves as a preliminary assessment of the current mercury waste management systems and practices in the ASEAN member states (AMS). It is aimed at identifying the current …
Proceedings of the training on Health Care Waste Management
Solid and Hazardous waste is increasingly becoming a major environmental burden of most urban and industrial areas. An alarming rate of solid and hazardous waste arising in Asia and the …
Analysis of options for the Environmentally Sound Management of Surplus Mercury in Asia and the Pacific
Mercury is recognized as a toxic substance that poses a serious threat to human health and the environment. Nevertheless, large quantities are still used for the manufacture of products and …
Municipal Waste Management Report: Status-quo and Issues in Southeast and East Asian Countries
Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens particularly in megacities of many developed and developing Asian countries. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be …
National 3R Strategy Development: A progress report on seven countries in Asia from 2005 to 2009
The Programme of National 3R Strategy Development was initiated as one of the outcomes of the Ministerial Conference on the 3R Initiative held in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2005. The …
3R in Asia: a gap analysis in selected Asian Countries
This report discusses the prevailing situations in managing urban municipal wastes for 15 Asian countries- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and …
