This report evaluates a solid waste demonstration project undertaken by a local NGO, Alternativa, in two low-income districts (population 85,000) of Cono Norte in Lima, Peru.
| Title | Innovative methods for environmental management of solid waste in informal urban settlements of Lima, Peru : summary and lessons learned from the Alternativa demonstration project |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Perez, EA |
| Secondary Title | Activity report / EHP |
| Volume | no. 73 |
| Pagination | iii, 8 p. |
| Date Published | 1999-06-01 |
| Publisher | Environmental Health Project (EHP) |
| Place Published | Arlington, VA, USA |
| Keywords | demonstration projects, government organizations, low-income communities, non-governmental organizations, peru lima cono norte, private sector, sdilac, sdisan, social marketing, solid waste recycling |
| Abstract | This report evaluates a solid waste demonstration project undertaken by a local NGO, Alternativa, in two low-income districts (population 85,000) of Cono Norte in Lima, Peru. Activities included: segregation and recycling of household solid waste; training and financial (loans) support to existing and new microenterprises (run by women); design of a secondary storage system and model sanitary landfills; social marketing and sanitary education; instititutional strengthening of the municipality and community groups; and information dissemination through a publication and regional workshops. |
| Notes | Annexes missing |
| Custom 1 | 343, 827 |
