Household waste is waste material usually
generated in the residential environment. Note: A holistic approach to
waste management has positive consequences for GHG emissions from the energy,
forestry, agriculture, mining, transport, and manufacturing sectors. The
climate benefits of waste practices result from avoided landfill emissions,
reduced raw material extraction and manufacturing, recovered materials and
energy replacing virgin materials and fossil-fuel energy sources, carbon bound
in soil through compost application, and carbon storage due to recalcitrant
materials in landfills. The European Union’s approach to waste management
five-step waste hierarchy where prevention is the best option, followed by
re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery, with disposal such as landfill
as the last resort.
THE ABC FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
UNEP / UN HABITAT / FIDIC / GI-REC
