3Rs in Asia

No. 2
Discussion Paper
3Rs in Asia

While waste generation is still on the rise in many countries, some of them have succeeded in reversing the increase in waste generation and raising the recycling ratio by identifying the convergence of economic and environmental benefits. Wastes range widely from country to country and span the entire spectrum from containers and pakages, electronic appliances, construction materials, food wastes, end-of-life vehicles, clinical wastes, and agricultural wastes. National strategies, policy instruments, and pilot programmes have in some countries shown positive effects.

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