The waste value chain, from waste collection to sorting and recycling, has the potential to increase decent work and green business development. Sustainable waste management is an opportunity to promote social inclusion, as well as upgrade the quality of existing jobs. In this course, participants develop business solutions and facilitate the transition to greener economies. 

Sustainable waste management refers to the collection, transportation, valorisation and disposal of the various types of waste, in a manner that does not jeopardize the environment, human health or future generations. It includes any activity involved in the organization of waste management, from production to the final treatment and because waste disposal involves a myriad of processes such as collection, transportation, dumping, recycling, or sewage treatment among other waste product monitoring and regulation measures.

The most straightforward solution to all of them is for local communities, authorities and educational institutions to put more effort towards the education of waste management: Re-use, Reduce and Recycle is the Eco-responsibility mantra.