A policy shift from open dumping to sanitary landfilling has implications on local preparedness to operate and manage a landfill as well as on how the current dumpsites will be abandoned. Consequently, there is a need to build and enhance the technical and management capacities of local authorities. In recognition of this need and as part of UNEP global effort to promote environmentally sound technologies, IETC developed training programmes for capacity building. This publication is a Training Module on Solid Waste Management designed especially for local authorities and their staff. This Training Module has two parts, which are complementary: (1) How To Decommission or Close an Open Dumpsite in an Environmentally Sound Manner, Including Rehabilitation and Redevelopment; and (2) How To Shift from Open Dumping to Controlled Dumping and Eventually into Sanitary Landfilling. The two parts have been combined into one training package since they refer to consequential activities that should not be treated independent of each other; many of the basic principles carry forward from one method to the next.
