strategy
Including resource recovery in local authority waste management plans
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends enabling local and municipal authorities to mobilize community support for waste reuse and recycling by involving and assisting informal sector waste reuse and recycling operations and undertaking waste management planning that incorporates resource recovery practices. Narrower:
Establishing local recycling centresSupporting waste reuse in small communitiesCreating domestic waste recycling schemes Facilitates:
Reducing wasteMaximizing waste reuseDelegating sustainable development to appropriate level Facilitated by:
Promoting best value in local authoritiesProviding incentives to local authorities to recycle wastes Subjects:
Resources → Resources Societal Problems → Waste
Government → Municipalities
Management → Management
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
