Yemen: Reviving Solid Waste Management Services

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The conflict has devastated Yemen’s solid waste management (SWM) sector. Infrastructure damage, funding shortfalls, and low service quality have led to environmental and public health risks. To address these challenges, the Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project (YIUSEP) has provided cleaning equipment to City Cleaning and Improvement Funds (CCIFs). And it launched a Results-Based Financing (RBF) intervention, supported by the Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPRBA), to improve SWM services in the cities of Aden, Sana’a, and Mukalla.

The RBF initiative incentivizes municipalities to expand waste collection, enhance financial sustainability, and improve institutional performance. This approach transitions the SWM sector from emergency mode to pre-crisis operations. Read the full story on the project.

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00:00 In much of the world,

00:01 we really don't think about our waste.

00:04 We put it out,

00:05 it gets picked up,

00:06 and away it goes.

00:09 But when this basic service isn't carried out,

00:12 the impacts can pile up in unexpected ways

00:16 on our health,

00:17 our environment,

00:19 and even

00:20 through natural disasters.

00:22 A broken waste management system is one of many challenges people face

00:27 when living amid conflict.

00:29 In Yemen,

00:30 a decade-long war has destroyed critical infrastructure and services.

00:35 Here,

00:36 almost half the population does not get their waste collected,

00:40 and the little waste that is collected

00:42 is not well treated.

00:45 As the waste piles up

00:47 and up,

00:49 it impacts an area's livability,

00:52 increases pests,

00:53 and lowers the air quality,

00:55 even spreading disease as Yemen has recently experienced

01:00 during its worst cholera epidemics in modern history.

01:04 Uncollected waste also blocks gutters and other drainage infrastructure,

01:09 turning regular rainfall

01:11 into a bad flood.

01:13 It can also impact the supply of drinking water,

01:16 as the leachate contaminates scarce groundwater sources.

01:21 But here's the good news,

01:22 even in the middle of ongoing conflict,

01:25 it is possible to fix a broken waste management system.

01:29 The Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Program,

01:33 or UUSIP,

01:34 has improved basic waste management services,

01:37 adding bins and containers where people toss their waste,

01:42 and purchasing trucks to carry that waste away,

01:45 creating new jobs and positively impacting 2.3 million people.

01:50 The program also incentivizes local partners

01:54 to improve waste management through something called

01:57 results-based financing or RBF.

02:00 This links goals-based performance

02:03 with financial rewards,

02:05 encouraging local partners

02:07 to collect waste from underserved communities

02:10 and operate landfills in a more controlled way.

02:14 All of this is possible through the investment of

02:16 grants and through partnerships with the people of Yemen,

02:20 empowering partners to manage waste properly,

02:23 a task that is far more important and complex

02:27 than many of us realize.

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In much of the world, we really don't think about our waste. We put it out, it gets picked up, and away it goes. But when this basic service isn't carried out, the impacts can pile up in unexpected ways on our health, our environment, and even through natural disasters. A broken waste management system is one of many challenges people face when living amid conflict. In Yemen, a decade-long war has destroyed critical infrastructure and services. Here, almost half the population does not get their waste collected, and the little waste that is collected is not well treated. As the waste piles up and up, it impacts an area's livability, increases pests, and lowers the air quality, even spreading disease as Yemen has recently experienced during its worst cholera epidemics in modern history. Uncollected waste also blocks gutters and other drainage infrastructure, turning regular rainfall into a bad flood. It can also impact the supply of drinking water, as the leachate contaminates scarce groundwater sources. But here's the good news, even in the middle of ongoing conflict, it is possible to fix a broken waste management system. The Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Program, or UUSIP, has improved basic waste management services, adding bins and containers where people toss their waste, and purchasing trucks to carry that waste away, creating new jobs and positively impacting 2.3 million people. The program also incentivizes local partners to improve waste management through something called results-based financing or RBF. This links goals-based performance with financial rewards, encouraging local partners to collect waste from underserved communities and operate landfills in a more controlled way. All of this is possible through the investment of grants and through partnerships with the people of Yemen, empowering partners to manage waste properly, a task that is far more important and complex than many of us realize.

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