The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), together with the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), provided a training on transforming the challenge of growing waste generation and new and special waste streams into opportunities.
December 2013: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), together with the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), provided a training on transforming the challenge of growing waste generation and new and special waste streams into opportunities.
‘Capacity Building for Sustainable Waste Management in the Asia-Pacific Region to Promote Eco-Town Model and Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM)’ convened from 10-12 December 2013, in Osaka, Japan.
According to IETC, the workshop was attended by over 60 participants, including experts from local and central governments, representatives from non-governmental and community-based organizations, academic institutions, and other local actors within the Asia-Pacific region. The workshop addressed waste management trends in the context of urban population increase and changing consumption patterns, and provided a platform for participants to review regional and local trends in waste management, compare policies on waste management, exchange views on good practices, and to explore potential for city-to-city and country-to country cooperation. [Workshop Webpage]