Strategies for the Replication of Urban Environmental Innovations – A Case of Community-based Decentralized Composting in Dhaka

Traditionally sanitary services are provided by the State or State owned bodies. However, with the ever increasing population and waste generation rates coupled with lack of financial resources and infrastructure, poor community participation the municipalities are unable to provide a good service. As a result major fraction of waste remains uncollected on streets and sewer systems. Many bigger cities in Asia, South and Southeast-Asia in particular, are facing this situation. Hence, to bring the much needed additional resources and also to improve the efficiency of the system, involvement of private sector in providing these civic services has become a necessity. [WP-2007-010] URL: [http://www.igidr.ac.in/pdf/publication/WP-2007-010]