SLWM-in-Rural-Areas-Technical-Note

The Solid and Liquid Waste Management Technical Note explains the need, objectives and strategy for rural SLWM. It promotes household-focused, decentralized and cost-effective approaches, participatory planning, appropriate technologies, community action plans, awareness, O&M and capacity building. It provides technical guidance and best-practice models to help programme managers design locally.

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The Technical Note on Solid and Liquid Waste Management in Rural Areas provides foundational guidance for planning and implementing rural SLWM systems. It explains the health, environmental and social reasons for organised waste management and defines SLWM as collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste. Its objectives include protecting health, reducing pollution, promoting recycling and reuse, converting organic waste into energy and creating rural employment through cost-effective technologies. The note recommends a household-focused and decentralized approach, with community systems used for waste that cannot be managed at household level. It outlines information collection, participatory planning and preparation of Gram Panchayat or block action plans. The guidance covers waste assessment, community mapping, technology selection, awareness and social mobilisation, approximate cost planning, operation and maintenance, institutional structures and capacity building.