Readings by Theme

Policy, Legal and Institutional

- Environmental Resources Management (ERM). "Strategic Planning Guide for Municipal Solid Waste Management." CD-ROM prepared for the World Bank, SDC and DFID by Waste-Aware, London, 2000

- Institute for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency. "Improvement of Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries." December 1990. To obtain a copy, visit the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) web site.

- Cointreau, Sandra. "Declaration of Principles for Sustainable and Integrated Solid Waste Management (SISWM)." May 7, 2001.

- Diaz L., Savage G., Eggerth L., Golueke C. "Solid Waste Management for Economically Developing Countries." ISWA, October 1996. Environmental Protection Agency, August 1995, sec. edition. To obtain a copy, visit the International Solid Waste Association web site; click on Bookshop.

- Schubeler, P. et al "Conceptual Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Low-Income Countries."  Urban Management Programme Working Paper No. 9, World Bank, August 1996. (Available in English and French.)

- USAID. "Making Cities Work: USAID’s Urban Strategy." Prepared by the Urbanization Task Force. February 2001. Washington, DC

- Bartone, C., Bernstein, J., Leitmann, J., and Eigen, J. "Toward Environmental Strategies for Cities - Policy Considerations for Urban Environmental Management in Developing Countries." Urban Management Programme Policy Paper Number 18, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 1994.

- Cointreau, S. "Environmental Management of Urban Solid Wastes in Developing Countries: A Project Guide." Urban Development Technical Paper Number 5, World Bank, Washington DC, 1982. (Warning: PDF file size 13.8 MB)

- Leitmann, J. "Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment: Lessons from Cities in the Developing World Volume 1". Urban Management Programme Policy Paper Number 14, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 1994.

- Leitmann, J. "Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment: Lessons from Cities in the Developing World Volume 2". Urban Management Programme Policy Paper Number 15, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 1994.

- Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS). "COSEPRE--Costs of Urban Cleaning Services: Version 1.0 for WINDOWS 98 (Software, Technical Guide and User's Manual)". Working Paper Series Nos. 9 and 10, CEPIS/PAHO, Lima, 2001.
- Pan American Health Organization. "Methodological Guidelines for Sectoral Analysis in Solid Waste: Preliminary Version." PIAS Technical Paper No. 13, PAHO, Washington, DC, 1994. To obtain a copy, visit the Pan American Health Organization web site.

- Pan American Health Organization. "Methodological Guide for Master Plans of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Medium Size Cities." PAHO/WHO Division of Health and Environment, Washington, D.C. 2002. To obtain a copy, visit the Pan American Health Organization web site.

Finance and Cost Recovery

- Bartone, C.R., J. Bernstein and F. Wright. "Investments in Solid Waste Management: Opportunities for Environmental Improvement." Policy, Research and External Affairs Working Paper No. 405, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 1990. 

- Florida Department of Environmental Protection. "Municipal Solid Waste Management Full Cost Accounting Workbook for Local Governments in Florida". TetraTech EM, Inc., Vienna, VA, June 1997. 

-McMaster J. "Urban Financial Management: A Training Manual". WBI Technical Materials. World Bank Institute of the World Bank, Washington, DC, 1991.

- United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Full Cost Accounting for Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Handbook". EPA 530-R-95-041, USEPA, Washington, DC, 1997.

Private Sector Participation

- Ali, M. "Micro-enterprise Development for Primary Collection of Solid Waste." Solid Waste Management Conference Paper. Est. Date 1998.

- Arroyo-Moreno, J., Rivas-Rios, F. and Lardinois, I. "Solid Waste Management in Latin America: The Role of Micro- and Small Enterprises and Cooperatives. IPES-ACEPESA-WASTE Urban Waste Series No. 5, Lima, Peru, 1999. (Spanish version published in 1997)

- Bartone, C.R. "The Role of the Private Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Keys to Success.", The Challenge of Urban Government: Polices and Practices, WBI Development Series, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Washington, DC 2001, pp. 214-223.

- Cointreau, S. "Private sector participation in municipal solid waste services in developing countries (Vol.1)" Urban Management Programme Discussion Paper No. 13, World Bank, Washington DC, 1994. (Also available in Spanish: "Desechos sólidos sector privado/rellenos sanitarios." Programa de Gestion Urbana (PGU), Serie Gestión Urbana Vol. 13, Quito, Ecuador.).

- Commonwealth Secretariat. "Effective Partnerships in areas of Human Development, Water, Sanitation and Waste Management." Commonwealth Consultative Group on Environment. Jeju, Korea. March 28, 2004.

- Haan, H.C., A. Coad and I. Lardinois. "Municipal solid waste management - Involving micro- and small enterprises - Guidelines for municipal managers." co-publication with WASTE, GTZ, SKAT and ILO, 1998.

- Sinha, Chandra Shekhar. "Carbon Finance at the World Bank." Workshop: Carbon Credits from Flare Reduction Activities. London. July 1, 2003.

Public Awareness and Community Participation

- WHO Regional Office for Europe. "Solid Waste and Health." Copenhagen, Briefing Pamphlet, European Series, No.5, 1995. To obtain a copy, visit the WHO Regional Office for Europe web site.

- World Bank. "Social Capital in Solid Waste Management." Social Capital Initiative: Working Paper No. 16. Written by Sheoli Pargal, Mainul Huq, and Daniel Gilligan. Washington, DC. September 1999.

- World Bank. "Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire." Working Paper No. 18. Written by Christiaan Grootaert, Deepa Narayan, Veronica Nyhan Jones and Michael Woolcock. Washington, DC. November 2003

- Cointreau, Sandra. "Occupational and Environmental Health Issues of Solid Waste Management: Special Emphasis on Middle and Lower-Income Countries." 

Readings by Special Topic

Analysis of Technology Choices

- Bernstein, Janis D. "Alternative Approaches to Pollution Control and Waste Management." Urban Management Programme Discussion Paper No. 3, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 1993. (Available in English and French.)

- United Nations Environmental Programme. "Revised Draft: Environmentally Sound Technologies for Sustainable Development." UNEP/IETC/DTIE, May 2003.

- United Nations Environment Programme. "International Sourcebook on Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM)." Technical Publication No. 6.UNEP/DTIE/IETC. November1996.

- Jenkins, Larry. "Parametric Mixed Integer Programming: An Application to Solid Waste Management." Management Science. Vol. 28, No. 11: 1270-1284. November 1982

- Solid Waste Association North America. "SWANA Course Manual Transfer Station Design and Operation." SWANA, Washington, DC, March 1996.

- Van de Klundert, A. et al. "Integrated Sustainable Waste Management: the selection of appropriate technologies and the design of sustainable systems is not (only) a technical issue." Presented for the CEDARE/EITC Inter-Regional Workshop on Technologies for Sustainable Waste Management, held July 13-15, 1999 in Alexandria, Egypt. WASTE.

At-Source Segregation/Composting/Recycling

- Hoornweg, D., L. Thomas, and L. Otten. "Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries". Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series #8, World Bank, Washington, DC, 2000.

- Obeng, LA and Wright, FW. "The Co-composting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes." World Bank Technical Paper No 57, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA 1987.

- Waste and Resources Action Programme. "Compost Specifications for the Landscape Industry." BALI/WRAP/NBS. 2004.

Transferring and Landfilling

- International Solid Waste Association. "Guide for Landfilling Waste in Economically Developing Countries." CalRecovery, Inc., The International Solid Waste Association, United States Environmental Protection Agency, April 1998. To obtain a copy, visit the ISWA website and click on Bookshop.

- ADEME- "Guide méthodologique pour la remise en état des décharges d’ordures ménagères et assimilés"- Coll: Connaître pour agir- Octobre 1996- Réf 2033- 21x29.7-108 p.www.ademe.fr

- Johannessen, Lars Mikkel. "Guidance Note on Leachate Management for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills". Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series #5, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1999.

- Johannessen, Lars Mikkel. "Guidance Note on Recuperation of Landfill Gas from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills". Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series #4, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1999.

- Johannessen, Lars Mikkel with Gabriela Boyer. "Observations of Solid Waste Landfills in Developing Countries: Africa, Asia, and Latin America". Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series #3, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1999.

- Thurgood, M., ed. "Decision-Maker's Guide to Solid Waste Landfills." Summary. The World Bank, World Health Organization, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Swiss Center for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management, Washington, DC, July 1998.

- Cointreau, Sandra. "Transfer Station Design Concepts for Developing Countries." Undated.

- Cointreau, Sandra. "Sanitary Landfill Design and Siting Criteria." World Bank/Urban Infrastructure Note. May 1996 and updated June 1997.

- Rushbrook PE, Pugh, MP."Solid Waste Landfills in Middle and Lower Income Countries: A Technical Guide to Planning, Design, and Operation." World Bank, Washington, DC, February 1999. To obtain a copy, visit the World Bank InfoShop web site.

- Solid Waste Association North America. "SWANA Course Manual Transfer Station Design and Operation." SWANA, Washington, DC, March 1996.

Incineration/Waste to Energy

- Rand, T., J. Haukohl, U. Marxen. "Municipal Solid Waste Incineration: Decision Maker's Guide". World Bank, Washington, DC, June 1999.

- Rand, T., J. Haukohl, U. Marxen. "Municipal Solid Waste Incineration: Requirements for a Successful Project". World Bank Technical Paper No. 462. World Bank, Washington, DC, June 1999.

- WHO Regional Office for Europe. "Waste Incineration." Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1996, Briefing Paper Series, No. 6.

- Han, S. and Shin, H. "Performance of an Innovative Two-Stage Process Converting Food Waste to Hydrogen Methane." Air & Waste Management Association. Vol. 54: 242-249. 2004

Emissions Reduction Financing

- Environmental Resource Management. "CDM Umbrella Guidelines for MSW in China." Draft Final Report. February 2004.

- Sinha, Chandra Shekhar. "Carbon Finance at the World Bank." Workshop: Carbon Credits from Flare Reduction Activities. London. July 1, 2003.

- UNFCCC. "Clean Development Mechanism Project Design Document: Salvador Da Bahia LandfillGas Project." ICF Consulting. Version 3, June 2003.

- UNFCC. "Project Design Document for Durban, South Africa Landfill Gas to Electricity." The Prototype Carbon Fund. Final Draft., April 15, 2003.

- UNFCC. "Clean Development Mechanism Project Design Document: Municipal Solid Waste Treatment cum Energy Generation Project, Lucknow, India." Infrastructure Development Finance Company, Ltd., September 2003.

- UNFCCC. "Project Design Document: Brazil NovaGerar Landfill Gas to Energy Project." Eco Securities. July 14, 2003.

- UNFCCC. "Project Design Document: CERUPT Methodology for Landfill Gas Recovery Project – Tremembe, Brazil." Onyx. undated

- Lecocq, Franck; and Capoor, Karan. "State and Trends of the Carbon Market." World Bank. December 1, 2003.

Environmental Issues

- Johannessen, L., M. Dijkman, C. Bartone, D. Hanrahan, M. Boyer, C. Chandra. "Health Care Waste Management Guidance Note". Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2000.

- Schubeler, P. et al."Conceptual Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Low-Income Countries." Urban Management Programme Working Paper No. 9, World Bank, August 1996. (Available in English and French.)

- World Bank Environment Department. "Environmental Assessment Sourcebook" Volume 2- Policies, Procedures and Cross-Sectoral Issues. World Bank Technical Paper number 129, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1991, pp. 208-222, 254-256.