waste Archives

Colorful fruit salad in a plastic see-through cup with a plastic lid, open from the centre. A plastic fork has been stuck in fruit. Around the cup are other cups of fruit and behind are colorful stalls of fruit.

Municipalities can lead the shift away from single-use plastics

Feature / The BALTIPLAST project developed practical tools for municipalities to turn single-use plastic reduction ambitions into action.

30 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Mexican agricultural laborer spraying fungicide on an onion field

Guidance document on implementing domestic financing for the sound management of chemicals and waste

Other publication / Guidance on building sustainable domestic financing for chemicals and waste management to reduce reliance on external funding.

19 February 2026 / About Finance

Large piles of rusted scrap metal sit in an industrial recycling yard, with a worker walking between them and a warehouse and mountains visible in the background.

Q&A: Financing the institutions behind sound chemicals and waste management

Feature / Annika Hilgert explores how sustainable domestic financing can strengthen institutions and reduce harms from chemicals and waste.

19 February 2026 / About Finance, Pollution, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Sanitation in a changing world: a turning point

Perspective / Climate change is exposing the limits of today’s sanitation systems, making resilient and circular WASH essential for a sustainable future.

19 November 2025 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Sanitation and Sustainable Development Goals

Resource Recovery Toolbox

Tool / The Resource Recovery Toolbox is an online platform that enhances planning and implementation of resource recovery from sanitation and organic waste streams.

About Sanitation and Water resources

Three people standing among piles of second-hand textiles in a warehouse, discussing fabric reuse and circular textile systems.

Circular threads: innovating in Kenya’s textile industry

Feature / SEI and Rivatex partner to boost circularity in Kenya’s textile industry, turning waste into value through sustainable, locally driven innovation.

6 November 2025 / About Innovation, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

An irrigation hose extends on the ground below the trunks and palm leaves of date trees in an orchard.

Assessing the conditions for circularity and entrepreneurship for urban sanitation and waste management in Basrah City

SEI report / This assessment of urban sanitation and waste management in Basrah City identifies service gaps, evaluates current practices, and explores opportunities.

20 October 2025 / About Cities, Sanitation and Water resources

SEIs Executive Director and mayors signing the MoU

From coal towns to clean futures: local leaders join SEI partnership in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Feature / SEI’s BiH SuTra partnership expands at SECW 2025, advancing just, inclusive transitions toward cleaner, greener futures in BiH.

8 October 2025 / About Fossil fuels, Mitigation, Participation and Renewables

Male hands in disposable gloves disassembling an old laptop, disconnecting circuit board for electronic waste collecting in workshop. Boxes of different e-waste are set up around the edge of the worktop.

Aligning digital futures with ecological citizenship for sustainability

Journal article / Technological development should centre environmental values to ensure an equitable digital transformation which benefits human and planetary wellbeing.

2 October 2025 / About Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles