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CHAPTER EIGHT - ESCAP
170 CHAPTER EIGHTINTRODUCTIONW aste 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 a keyco
waste generation may be considered as extremely conservative; the actual levels are probably more than double this amount. Figure 8.2 presents the current contribution of the various subregions to the waste generated by the region (United Nations 1995, World Bank 1995 and 1998, UNEP/SPREP 1997). The composition of municipal solid waste
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