The Air Pollution Footprint Tool was developed by Ricardo to support organisations and private companies calculating air pollutant emissions linked to their activities. The tool is designed to make use of data that companies are likely to have already collected and used to report their greenhouse gases emissions. The tool covers emissions of NOx, PM10 and PM2.5 from three sectors: road transp...

The World Bank’s flagship report, "Waste Management in the Middle East and North Africa," reveals that the region currently generates over 155 million tons of waste each year, a figure projected to nearly double to 294 million tons by 2050. Poor waste management costs the region around US$7.2 billion each year in environmental damage. Food waste alone causes US$60 billion in losses, in a region wh...

What a Waste is a global project to aggregate data on solid waste management from around the world. This database features statistics collected through the effort, covering 217 countries and 262 cities. The metrics included cover all steps across the waste management value chain, including waste generation, composition, collection, and treatment & disposal, as well as information on waste work...

The world is at a critical juncture in managing its mounting volumes of waste. Rapid population growth, accelerating urbanization, rising incomes, and increased consumption are driving a surge in municipal solid waste generation that is outpacing the capacity of local systems and municipal budgets. Cities and communities worldwide are struggling to keep up.Within this crisis lies an opportunity. B...

REACH (Rapid Estimation of Air Concentrations for Health) is a regional-scale model designed for air quality policy assessment. The main outputs of REACH are ambient PM2.5 concentrations and a policy impact metric (PM2.5 mortalities/tonne). The model is easily portable to different regions and allows for flexibility in adjusting the spatial resolution and input data. To alleviate data constraints,...

BenMAP-CE is an open-source computer program that calculates the number and economic value of air pollution-related deaths and illnesses. The software incorporates a database that includes many of the concentration-response relationships, population files, and health and economic data needed to quantify these impacts.BenMAP-CE enables users to load their own data or use pre-loaded datasets for the...

The BenMAP-CE tool estimates the number and economic value of heath impacts resulting from changes in air quality - specifically, ground-level ozone and fine particles.How does BenMAP-CE estimate health impacts?A health impact function incorporates four key sources of data: BenMAP-CE uses "health impact functions" that are constructed using information from the published epidemiology literature.mo...

The industrial sector is indispensable for the economic development of nations. Given its economic significance and environmental impact, it is fundamental that ministries of environment and competent authorities have access to technical tools that strengthen their capacity for regulation, oversight, and guidance of the productive sector.​Within this framework, authors present the Comprehensive Gu...

The objective of this Roadmap is to serve as a guidance on the considerations and steps to be followed for the progressive closure of dumpsites in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is addressed to national and sub-national governments in the region, who shall adapt and implement the Roadmap according to their specific baseline situation, conditions and circumstances. While the t...

The Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean provides a regional overview of the main trends and challenges relating to waste management, thus serving as a guide for the design and implementation of policies and programs in the countries of the region. |e document, which answers to the mandate of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well ...