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UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit – Disaster Waste Management Factsheet
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Publisher(s): UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit
Date: Jan 2020
Location: Global

This factsheet describes the supporting role the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) plays in disaster waste management activities. Disasters can generate large quantities of waste, which become...

Rapid assessment of acute environmental risks after Hurricane Dorian
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Publisher(s): UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit
Date: Jan 2020
Location: Bahamas

On 1 September 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, before moving over Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. As of 29 October, the official...

Disaster Waste Management Guidelines
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)Swedish Civil Contingency Agency (MSB)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Disaster waste is a well-recognized threat to health, safety and the environment, and can also be a major impediment to post-disaster rescue operations. Experience shows that disaster waste is...