CHAPTER EIGHT - ESCAP

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170CHAPTER EIGHTINTRODUCTIONWaste is an unavoidable by-product of mosthuman activity. Economic development and risingliving standards in the Asian and Pacific Region haveled to increases in the quantity and complexity ofgenerated waste, whilst industrial diversification andthe provision of expanded health-care facilities haveadded substantial quantities of industrial hazardouswaste and biomedical waste into the waste streamwith potentially severe environmental and humanhealth consequences. The CHAPTER discusses thegeneration, treatment, disposal and management ofthe growing volume of waste, which poses formidablechallenges to both high and low-income countries ofthe OF and CharacteristicsA clear appreciation of the quantities andcharacteristics of the waste being generated is

small quantities of waste is a significant challenge. For example, in the small islands of the South Pacific ... variations in cities and towns (such as Calcutta, Dhaka, and Hanoi) with unpaved or poorly paved ... Sri Lanka and Pakistan, however, this ratio is much less. In high-income, developed countries, such as

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