Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Swaziland National Trust Commission
Environmental Consulting Services; the pages contain many relevant links
Swaziland Meteorological Service
SA Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism (DEAT)
Gauteng Province Health Care Waste Management Project(DACEL)
Cape Town Metro Waste Exchange System
SADC Regional Development Programme
SADC (Southern African Development Community). Particularly, their Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) contains useful information on e.g. protocols and recommendations in various areas.
Unitar, UNs Institure for Training and Research
United Nations Environmental programme
Danish Pretoria Embassy homepage
OECD (Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development). On their waste-related
page, you can find information on, for example, waste prevention and
transboundary movements of waste.
UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme). In their Division of Technology,
Industry and Economics, under waste
you can find information on Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for the
management of cities and freshwater resources to developing countries and
countries with economies in
transition. In their Production and Consumption Unit under waste
management, information is available on, for example, hazardous waste
management and recycling. On UNEP’s Geo
Data Portal you can find much information on waste from various sources (use
Waste as search word).
FAO (the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations). If you search for “waste”
on the front page, you will find a lot of useful information on waste and
pollution prevention in the agricultural and fisheries sectors.
The World Bank.
The World Bank’s Urban
Waste Management Thematic Group formulates strategic approaches for
integrated municipal solid waste management projects to increase coverage,
especially for the urban poor, and provide safe disposal. Under Topics
in Development you can search for e.g. Urban Development, Sustainable
Development, Infrastructure etc.
The
Secretariat of the Basel Convention (Basel Convention on the control of transboundary
movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal). Here you can find the text of
the Convention, latest news and minutes etc.
The Stockholm Convention
on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This site contains information on
meetings, background, implementation and guidance.
Imercsa
(
European
IPPC Bureau (Integrated pollution prevention and control). Produces BAT
reference documents (BREFs) which EU Member States are required to take into
account when determining best available techniques generally or in specific
cases. All BREFs and drafts can be found on this website.
European Topic
Centre on Waste and Material Flows is the European portal to information on
waste and material flows. On this site you will find the best available
information on waste and material flows in
US EPA
(United States Environmental Protection Agency). Their waste site contains much
useful information, tips and guidelines at a very detailed level.
Canada’s
Environmental Protection Agency also has a very useful website with rules,
regulations and other information that may be an inspiration to you.
Waste
Centre Denmark is the Danish portal to waste information. Here you can find,
for example, the Danish strategy Waste 21, statistics etc.