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Module 1. The concept of waste. Waste related problems
1.1. Definition and classification of waste
1.2. Global generation of waste
1.3. Problems caused by mismanagement of waste
Exercise 1
Module 2. Waste management principles and economics
2.1. Main principles of waste management
2.2. Economics of waste management
Exercise 2
Module 3. Waste management actors and policy tools
3.1. Waste management actors and governance problems
3.2. Sustainable development goals and international agreements
3.3. National laws
3.4. Economic tools
Exercise 3
Module 4. Designing the audit
4.1. Waste audit strategy
4.2. Audit design matrix
4.3. Audit methods
4.4. Cooperative audits
Exercise 4
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Module 1. The concept of waste. Waste related problems
1.1. Definition and classification of waste
1.2. Global generation of waste
1.3. Problems caused by mismanagement of waste
Exercise 1
Module 2. Waste management principles and economics
2.1. Main principles of waste management
2.2. Economics of waste management
Exercise 2
Module 3. Waste management actors and policy tools
3.1. Waste management actors and governance problems
3.2. Sustainable development goals and international agreements
3.3. National laws
3.4. Economic tools
Exercise 3
Module 4. Designing the audit
4.1. Waste audit strategy
4.2. Audit design matrix
4.3. Audit methods
4.4. Cooperative audits
Exercise 4
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Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy – Waste and Resource Recovery:
https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery
Basel Convention – Homepage:
http://www.basel.int/
Canada’s National Zero Waste Council:
http://www.nzwc.ca/focus-areas/circular-economy/Pages/default.aspx
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia: Empowering ASEAN for the Circular Economy:
http://www.eria.org/research/industry-40-empowering-asean-for-the-circular-economy/
Ellen MacArthur Foundation – Circular Economy:
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
European Commission – Waste:
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/index.htm
European Commission – Circular Economy:
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/index_en.htm
Eionet Portal –
European Topic Centre on Waste and Materials in a Green Economy:
https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-wmge
Food and Agriculture Organization – Food Loss and Food Waste:
http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste
/en/
Global database of public sector environmental audits
on INTOSAI WGEA webpage:
https://wgea.org/audit-database/
(search by issue for audits conducted in waste management field)
Let’s Do It! Foundation:
https://www.letsdoitworld.org/
OECD – Resource productivity and waste:
https://www.oecd.org/env/waste/
The Blue Economy:
https://www.theblueeconomy.org/
United Nations Development Programme – Sound Chemicals and Waste Management for Sustainable Development:
https://www.undp.org/publications/sound-chemicals-and-waste-management-sustainable-development
United Nations Environment Assembly – Waste:
https://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/waste
United Nations Environment Programme – Africa’s Waste Management Outlook:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/25514/Africa_WMO.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
United States Environmental Protection Agency – Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics:
https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/land-waste-and-cleanup-topics
World Bank – Solid Waste Management:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/urbandevelopment/brief/solid-waste-management
World Economic Forum – Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy:
https://www.weforum.org/projects/circular-economy
World Health Organization – Health-care Waste:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/health-care-waste
Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives:
http://www.zeri.org/
Zero Waste Europe:
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/
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