Promoting Public Participation in Solid Waste Management

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MODULE DESCRIPTION

This module aims to develop a sample action plan to optimize public participation in solid waste management in cities. Target Audience: Municipal government officials who are in management positions.
INTRODUCTION: What is Public Participation? Why Public Participation?

It seems like everyone says that public participation is the key for successful solid waste management. Is it really so? What do we mean by "public participation"? Why is public participation important?


PART 1: Increasing Public Awareness in Reuse and Recycling


Why is it important to increase public awareness? In Part I, you will develop an action plan for increasing public awareness of reuse and recycling in a city in order to promote sorting waste at the source, and to decrease the total amount of waste.
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PART2: Public participation in collection and disposal (under construction)
PART3: Public participation in charges/ financial mechanisms (under construction)

Time required: 40 min. (20 min. simulation + 20 min. developing an action plan) + asynchronous discussion

Published: 13 December 2004 -----Last Updated: 17 June 2005 (ver.02.4)