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About UNEP
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United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
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GPWM - Objectives

The objectives of the GPWM are:

a. To protect human health and environment, and to tackle adverse impacts of unsound management of waste

b. To promote resource efficiency through waste prevention and by recovering valuable material and/or energy from waste, and

c. To enhance international cooperation, knowledge management and sharing.

 

GPWM - Expected outcomes

a. Holistic approach on waste management as described earlier is facilitated

b. Already available information is shared and additional information is created to fill the gaps

c. Members get benefited from each others’ actions

d. Enabled complementarities with various waste conventions, initiatives, and activities

e. Partners are approached and activities are undertaken in a coordinated manner

f. Resources are utilized efficiently and effectively on various activities implemented– avoiding duplication of efforts, streamlining of resource utilization and information sharing across multiple activities

g. Synergized efforts in holistic manner - Government’s efforts, activities and initiatives within countries to be developed and implemented in synergy and in holistic manner

h. Built synergy including academia, NGOs, private sector, government and international organizations

i. Enhanced transfer of technology and knowledge