PROPOSED GLOBAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OUTLOOK Supporting the implementation

PROPOSED GLOBAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OUTLOOK Supporting the implementation of Basel and Stockholm Conventions: update on waste and WEEE initiatives by UNEP IETC and SCRC/BCRCs Ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Geneva, 3 May 2013 by Matthew GUBB, Director International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

“That there already 3. 5 billion people, or half the world’s population, without access to waste management services has been described as a new “planetary emergency”” David Newman, President, ISWA 3

Outline • • • Policy context The Global Waste Management Outlook Needs that GWMO will addressed Proposed activities Other details 1

Policy context Waste generation and composition - Rapid increase in quantities of waste and diversity - Per capita waste generation rates, in many developing countries, are over one kilogram per day mark - Additional three billion middle-class consumers by 2030 - implications for future waste generation - Global generation levels of MSW - 1. 3 billion tons per year (2. 2 billion tons per year by 2025) - Annual costs of dealing with the waste - $205. 4 billion in 2010 $375. 5 billion in 2025 2

Policy context Impact of lack/improper waste management • Soil and water contamination caused by leachate and air pollution from burning of waste • Poor collection leading to the spread of vector-borne diseases. • Health consequences for workers, communities and the environment. • Loss of valuable resources and the further depletion of virgin materials. • Methane emissions from landfills: 11% of the estimated global anthropogenic methane emission for 2010. 4

Policy context The waste sector has great potential to be organized in a way that is more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. Proper waste management can: • facilitate the recovery and reuse of valuable resources; • generate “green economic growth”; • support climate change mitigation objectives; • ease pressure on non-renewable sources of energy through conversion of waste to energy 5

Policy context Developing countries face challenges to implement sound waste management due to: • insufficient revenue from waste management activities available to cover expenditures. • policies for waste management exist but are not effectively implemented and coordination among responsible entities is lacking. • awareness of the challenges and opportunities in waste management is often low • significant lack of data and analysis to guide policy 6

Policy context Mandates The UNEP Governing Council, in its decision GC 27/12 on Chemicals and Waste Management has requested UNEP “to develop a global outlook of challenges, trends and policies in relation to waste prevention, minimization and management, taking into account the materials life cycle, subject to the availability of extra-budgetary resources and in consultation with Governments and stakeholders, building on available data, best practices and success stories, taking into account the Global Chemicals Outlook and any other relevant initiatives and taking care not to duplicate existing information, to provide guidance for national policy planning. ” 7

Global Waste Management Outlook UNEP-IETC and ISWA - Development of the Global Waste Management Outlook to focus on • information on the deployment and effectiveness of policy instruments • identifying waste management gaps and needs requiring attention • better information on resource allocations • assist in prioritizing needs for greater support • forging of a new international cooperation mechanism among key data providers and analysts in the field of waste management. • raising the profile of and complementing existing initiatives 8

Needs that GWMO will address The Outlook would help • decision makers to access a concise analysis of the economic, social and environmental policy context of waste management • funding organizations in assessing requests for support • developing countries to prepare project proposals Audience • primary audience - those in a position to develop and deploy policy instruments, allocate funding and facilitate effective waste management 9

Proposed activities Phase I: Preparation (Months 1 -3) • Preparatory consultations • Initiation of the steering committee • Initiation of the stakeholder group Phase II: Development (Months 4 -20) • Development of indicators and benchmarks • Research and writing • Steering committee meetings • Stakeholder consultations Phase III: Dissemination and forward planning (Months 21 -24) • Launch of the first edition of the Outlook and further dissemination • Planning for the second edition of the Outlook 10

Added value of the project The Outlook would • fill a gap in current international waste management efforts • provide policymakers with an accessible and authoritative source of information, analysis, policy recommendations and lessons learned • utilize the convening power of the United Nations to gather inputs from leading experts from multiple stakeholder groups • complement the work previously done in gathering data 11

Other details Cooperation • UNEP IETC in collaboration with ISWA • Steering committee by core group of partners - guidance and quality assurance • Group of stakeholders as information contributors and commentators on draft chapters of the outlook Budget • The total project budget is approximately USD 550, 000 spread over two years. 12

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