Community SWM systems have been set up in 22 informal settlement location with no prior waste collection system. The project focused on a collaborative effort between waste pickers who transformed into community collectors and households source segregation and organic waste treatment.
Implementation duration
2020-2023
Implementating partner
Thant Myanmar
International Organisations and NGOs
UN-Habitat has been supporting Myanmar since the early 1990s through operational and normative projects. UN-Habitat’s key thematic areas of engagements range from Advocating on policy and strategy development, Urban Planning and Management, Land Administration and Management, Improving human settlements and Rebuilding communities, Urban Research and Poverty Reduction, Disaster risk management and Environment, Building Resilience and Climate Change.
Community SWM systems have been set up in 22 informal settlement location with no prior waste collection system. The project focused on a collaborative effort between waste pickers who transformed into community collectors and households source segregation and organic waste treatment.
Implementation duration
2020-2023
Implementating partner
Thant Myanmar
International Organisations and NGOs
UN-Habitat has been supporting Myanmar since the early 1990s through operational and normative projects. UN-Habitat’s key thematic areas of engagements range from Advocating on policy and strategy development, Urban Planning and Management, Land Administration and Management, Improving human settlements and Rebuilding communities, Urban Research and Poverty Reduction, Disaster risk management and Environment, Building Resilience and Climate Change.
