China Integrated Waste Management NAMA Support Project

The China Integrated Waste Management NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action) is a NAMA Support Project (NSP) financed by the NAMA Facility (a joint initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate (EFKM), Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and European Commission). The NSP aims to accelerate sustainable low-carbon development of the waste management sector in China as well as demonstrate on the example of 5 municipalities, namely Suzhou (Jiangsu Province), Taian (Shandong Province), Xi'an (Shaanxi Province), Lanzhou (Gansu Province) and Bengbu (Anhui Province), how an integrated waste management (IWM) system can be operated as a profitable business case. The overarching project goal is to induce a transformational change in China's waste management practice, diverting it from simple collection-disposal models to an integrated approach with corresponding physical infrastructure and governance aspects.