The project is building a large wastewater collector on the left bank of the Riachuelo River, which will transport sewage to different treatment plants, thereby avoiding direct discharge into the river. The project is also constructing an These large-scale engineering works are crucial for the health of 7 million people living in the area, of whom at least 10 percent live below the national poverty line. In Brazil, the Bank is supporting the state of Sao Paolo to address water scarcity challenges by providing incentives to increase use efficiency and to treat wastewater, thus reducing pollution and improving water quality.
The project directly benefited 97, people living in the vicinity of the five critical watersheds in Sao Paulo. Togo: Urban Infrastructure Project. Industrial activities often lead to an increase in exposure to chemicals and toxic materials and polluted lands.
Though this is well known, lack of data tends to beget lack of attention. Accordingly, PMEH has worked to increase identification of toxic sites and research the health and economic impacts of these sites. By helping to identify toxic sites and create guidelines for data collection, the Bank is strengthening the link between toxic waste, on the one hand, and the economic impacts associated with negative health outcomes, on the other hand.
Providing greater clarity about, and more evidence regarding, this link is crucial to empowering officials to make decisions to lessen the negative environmental outcomes of industrialization. Recent analytical work conducted by the Bank, includes the identification of the types of industries contributing to land-based pollution in low- and- middle income countries and highlights knowledge and data gaps that have hindered a fuller understanding of land-based pollution.
The work develops risk-assessment and risk-management approaches and tools for identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating land-based pollution in LMICs. The analytical work also included the development of a framework for uniform sampling guidelines and household surveys to support community health impact analyses associated with land-based pollution sources. The framework is applied to three industries that have been identified as key in LMICs: artisanal scale gold mining , used lead-acid battery recycling, and small tanneries.
The database will increase understanding of drivers of chemical pollution in LMICs. This database will also allow officials to make informed decisions on remediation interventions. The Montenegro Industrial Waste Management and Cleanup Projec t is helping to remediate industrial waste disposal sites and ensure that hazardous waste from industries is disposed in compliance with Montenegrin and European Union legislation.
The project supports strengthening of the regulatory framework and development of infrastructure to provide environmentally acceptable solutions for waste management. The China: Hunan Integrated Management of Agricultural Land Pollution Project is demonstrating a risk-based approach to manage heavy metal pollution in agricultural land. The project is also strengthening agricultural environmental monitoring and management and includes training activities tailored to the needs of government officials, environmental monitoring staff, and farmers.
Similarly in China, the Zhuzhou Brownfield Redevelopment Project is showcasing a risk-based approach to remediating and redeveloping land formerly used for lead and zinc smelting and heavy chemical industries. In Pakistan the Bank is financing a green growth project in Punjab that has included the implementation of waste management interventions.
The project has supported reforms to modernize the legal and regulatory framework and promote investments in cleaner technologies at the provincial level to reduce air and water pollution from sectors such as brick making and leather tanning. In Bangladesh , the Bank is supporting microenterprises to increase the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices.
While production and revenues have decreased with COVID, there have been businesses that have managed to adapt to the crisis. For instance, some mini-garment microenterprises repurposed production to produce masks and other Protective Personal Equipment to meet newfound demand due to COVID In Morocco , the World Bank supported the modernization of waste management, including at sites like Oum Azza, near Rabat, where traditional trash-pickers now operate a recycling collective in improved conditions, and is supporting the development of carbon assets in the solid waste sector.
In addition, interventions will help strengthen sector governance and institutional capacity, including support to ensure the sustainability of solid waste management operations.
China Contaminated Site Management Project. Lebanon Environmental Pollution Abatement Project. Kazakhstan Kamenogorsk Environmental Remediation. The global economy relies on deeply intertwined supply chains, sustained by more than billion tons of raw materials entering the system each year.
Intensive material consumption causes not only natural resource depletion but also negative environmental impacts at every stage of the product life-cycle including production, use phase, and end-of-life. Moreover, global waste is expected to increase to 3. Also, in the past few decades, it has experienced several environmental emergencies and has high levels of deforestation and animal hunting. Finally, the other great Asian power after China completes the list. Japan is the biggest consumer of fossil fuels in the world and the fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
This situation is due to its high level of urban development and industry that seems to care little for nature. Surprised by any? Buying your food locally cuts down on the fossil fuels burned in trucking or flying food in from across the country. This story was originally published on November 1, , and has been updated with new information and links.
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