Côte d'Ivoire faces significant challenges in waste management due to population growth and increasing waste generation. The country lacks adequate infrastructure and enforcement of regulations for industrial and residential waste disposal. At the policy level, multiple government agencies are responsible for waste management but lack resources and coordination. Improved education, innovative solutions, private sector involvement, and political will are needed to address waste management problems and their health and environmental impacts.

1. 73rd UNEP/UNESCO/BMUB International Short Course on
Resource Efficiency – Cleaner Production andWaste Management
Country Report on:
Waste Management in Côte d’Ivoire
(an Overview)
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2. Outline
- Country Data (Population Density)
- Waste Management Instruments
- Industrial Waste Management
- Residential Waste Management
- Concluding Remark
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3. Introduction
- Located in francophoneWest Africa;
- Population Density:
Metropolitan Cities (Abidjan & Bouaké),
1,500 - 2,100inh./km2
Urban Areas (Major Cities), 150 – 250inh./km2
Rural Areas (Villages), 10 – 20inh./km2
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4. Waste Management Instruments
Institutional Framework
Ministry of Waste Management, the
Environment and Sustainable Development
(http://www.environnement.gouv.ci/)
Waste Management-related Supervised Organizations:
- CIAPOL (Pollution Control Center);
- ANDE (National Environmental Agency);
- ANASUR (National UrbanWaste Management Agency);
- FFPSU (UrbanWaste Management Program Fund).
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5. Waste Management Instruments (cont.)
Some Main Laws
- Act 96-766, October 3, 1996 (the Environment Code), providing a legal framework for the management of
human and natural environments;
- Act 98-755, December 23, 1998 (theWater Code), providing a legal framework for water bodies pollution
control;
- Decree No. 2005-03, January 2, 2005 on Environmental Auditing;
- Decree No. 2012-1047, October 24, 2012 on the Polluter Pays Principle Implementation;
- Decree No. 2013-327, May 22, 2013 on the ban of the use of plastic bags.
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6. Waste Management Instruments (cont.)
Main Stakeholders
- Government (the Ministry ofWaste Management, the Environment and Sustainable Development);
National Supervision/Regulation
- Districts*, Departments* and Municipalities;
Local Supervision/Regulation (provision of dumping sites/landfills, etc.)
- Private Corporations (PPP with a central delegatee and subcontractors);
Waste Collection andTransport to dumping sites/landfills
- Civil Society (consumer associations, NGOs, etc.)
Sensitization campaigns for proper waste disposal, etc.
[*Regional entities that comprise several municipalities]
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7. Industrial Waste Management
Some Main Issues
- Sharp increase in aggregate quantity due to a massive industrialization in the country since 2011,
subsequent to governmental policy toward a rapid economic growth and emerging economy by 2020
(E.g.: opening of a new industrial park inYopougon, Abidjan) ;
- Lack of transparency and public data on industrial waste generation and disposal ;
- Insufficient technical capabilities in the public stream (outdated laboratory equipment and knowledge base,
lack of appropriate infrastructure, etc.) ;
- Strong reliance on industrialists’ goodwill to create value through re-use, recycling or treatment. For
instance, sugar mills using the sugarcane bagasse as fuel or food industries re-processing their waste as
animal feed…;
- Low recovery rate (20 – 40 %, interview report with public officials).
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9. ResidentialWaste Management
Some Main Issues
- General consumption has steadily increased, as a product of population growth and consumerism attitude
(shopping as a status symbol), and so has waste subsequently;
- Government, local authorities and delegated private subcontractors (waste collectors) are slow in finding
appropriate solutions to cope with the overflow of waste (both liquid and solid). Current dumping sites are
full, waste are kept in the open air or burnt, the operational capacities of the private subcontractors are
weakened by the slow payment of bills (by the publicTreasury);
- There is not operational recycling facility in the country as to date;
- The population (98%) lack education on proper disposal of their waste (sorting or packaging of the solid
waste, maintenance of pipes and public draining systems);
- Poor citizen participation due to a mistrust in fund management (taxes on electricity bill for solid waste
and water bill for liquid waste);
- Serious public health issues (typhoid fever, cholera outbreak, respiratory diseases, etc.)…
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10. Burning e-waste
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Concluding Remark
- Waste management in Côte d’Ivoire needs urgent attention and innovative
solutions, as both policy-makers, technical actors and citizens are clearly outpaced
by the intensity of environmental and health issues associated with wrong
behaviors, poor practices and ineffective actions;
- Strong necessity to learn from good examples, affordable technologies and best
practices that can be adapted and implemented by key waste management actors
of the country, by way of mitigation of the adverse effects of non-action;
- Last but not least, political will having precedence over any other stakeholder’s
action, it is expected from the government to demonstrate goodwill through
fostering an enabling environment for innovation and creativity, instead of business!

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Thank you!
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