National Urban Solid Waste Management Project

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The Argentina National Urban Solid Waste Management Project aims to improve overall health, environmental conditions, and quality of life of population by developing environmentally and financially sustainable systems for solid waste management. There are three project components. Component 1 develops and adopts integrated solid waste management plans at the provincial level, increases training and technical capacity for solid waste management, develops effective and sustainable financial management for solid waste services, designs legal and regulatory frameworks at the provincial and municipal levels, develops public communication programs, and establishes the project management unit. Component 2 constructs new sanitary landfills in eligible provinces; and closes or remediates open dumps. Component 3 builds capacity for social inclusion and management; and provides technical assistance to conform micro-enterprises or cooperatives.