A Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management and Resource Circulation in South Asia, 2019-2030

‘A Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management and Resource Circulation in South Asia, 2019-2030’ aims to set the regional policy framework, including clear targets and practical measures to achieve the sustainable waste and resource management in South Asia and put the incentives in place to motivate the change by national actions, networking, knowledge and technology sharing as well as mutual learning among member countries in the sub-region.

This report was adopted at the 15th Meeting of Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) held on 6th November 2019. It was developed by SACEP and the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) with the participation of all eight-member countries in South Asia. United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP IETC) and the Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ) were also involved as supporters. 

This roadmap aims to set the regional policy framework, including clear targets and practical measures to achieve the sustainable waste and resource management in South Asia and put the incentives in place to motivate the change by national actions, networking, knowledge and technology sharing as well as mutual learning among member countries in the sub-region. Some of the key goals of the roadmap are:

• To minimise negative impacts on the environment, economy and society,
• To minimise waste generation and maximise the resource efficiency across the product lifecycle.
• To synergise local, national, sub-regional efforts in implementing waste and resource management related goals and agendas, including SDGs, NDCs, and others.
• To strengthen a bilateral and multilateral cooperation, research and mutual learning within the sub-region on sustainable waste and resource management.