Environmental and Health Implications of Waste Management in Developing Countries

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The aim of this chapter is to present an overview of the current waste management strategies employed in developing countries, highlight the environmental and health implications and suggest ways of improving the situation. Many developing countries are faced with varying stages of their development, from the need to accelerate socio-economic development on the one hand and how to deal with the effects of rapid growth in population, land use, resource use and increased waste generation on the other. Notwithstanding the complexities of developing countries' situation, waste management poses new challenges and opportunities. Waste Management is a tool for environmental protection, preventive medicine and urban hygiene. Waste avoidance and recycling also help conserve scarce natural resources. Waste, simply defined as useless remains or by products in themselves, with the exception of a small percentage of toxic or potentially infectious materials, do not pose a direct threat to health. T

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