Regional Resource Recovery and Recycling

Project Summary:

Many countries are moving away from disposal-focused approaches to solid waste management by reducing the volume of solid waste through reuse and recycling. The program is developing knowledge products that foster innovation and highlight best practices for policies, technologies, and practices to support and apply green and inclusive growth strategies in the LAC region’s solid waste and green city initiatives. Applying those tools in pilot countries will help enable greening of waste management, benefiting more than 40 projects in a variety of sectors.

List of Activities:

• Global Knowledge: compiling knowledge, best practices and innovations related to policies, technologies, private and informal sector involvement on solid waste management (SWM) topics including recycling, waste reduction, litter management, greenhouse gas emissions
• Entry points in WB projects in LAC: identifying opportunities for involvement in the existing project portfolio and as part of future green city projects in the following areas: policy development, financing, and knowledge development
• Technical Assistance: developing toolkits and other materials for training that can be rolled out within the context of existing projects where opportunities have been identified
• Support with project design: incorporating best practices in the design of new SD operations in LAC, which involve SWM components
• Delivery of support: developing a network of practitioners to support knowledge development and innovation in this space
• Monitoring and evaluation: developing frameworks for monitoring impact of interventions

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• At least one municipality in each of the countries where ongoing SWM projects are being implemented (in LAC): i.e. Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, and Haiti benefits from tools developed under this project 

Output 2:

• Ongoing projects incorporate knowledge generated by this work in the development of sector strategies and in the implementation of activities 

Output 3:

• Design of new projects are informed by knowledge generated through this proposal, and new projects incorporate elements of innovative SWM  

Output 4:

• At least four south-south knowledge sharing events conducted on: SWM technologies, management models, informal sector involvement, financing 

Output 5:

• Community of practice with participants from at least six countries exchanging knowledge

Outcomes:

As an expected outcome, this project intends to support strategies for green and inclusive growth strategies in the waste management sub-sector and apply them in the region’s solid waste and green city initiatives. Through knowledge development, development of tools and their application it on the ground, the grant will help create the enabling environment for greening of waste management using the LAC SWM portfolio, which includes more than 40 projects, covering a variety of sectors and through the evolving green city engagement in the region.