Increased population and urbanization in the Palestinian territories have led to increased waste generation, with a per capita solid waste generation higher than the worldwide average. Most of the ...

Sean O’Donnell, senior engineer at Geosyntec Consultants, started the morning with an outline as to why solid waste master plans are critical.

Management of solid wastes and sewage are the subject of Chapter 21 of Agenda 21, which recognized that "environmentally sound management of wastes was among the environmental issues of major concern ...