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Towards sustainable waste management in Myanmar – key results from the project ‘Capacity building on waste management in the Bago Region’

Report
Year of publication
2023
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Cristin
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Contributors
Ingrid Nesheim, Julia Szulecka, Cecilie Baann, Rachel Hurley, Emmy Nøklebye, May Thazin Phoo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Idun Rognerud, Kyaw Min San, Vilde Kloster Snekkevik, Hans Nicolai Adam

Summary

This report presents key results from the project ‘Capacity building on waste management in the Bago Region’. It synthesizes primary and secondary data on various aspects of waste management in the Bago Township, including a study of the formal and informal waste management systems and their key actors, and a study of microplastic pollution of the Bago River. Building on Action Research it further presents four pilot cases promoting sustainable waste management practices and behavioural change through a cleanup of a river side waste dump, waste management at the local market, new waste management systems and composting at selected monasteries.