Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Sector Overview: Municipal Organic Waste Management -- Issues and Technologies -- Municipal Solid Waste Management in South Asia -- Resource Recovery Potential from Municipal Organic Waste -- Drivers for Change -- Experience of Municipal Organic Waste Management in South Asia -- Key Issues in Scaling Up Organic Waste Management -- Chapter 2: Tool Kit for Municipalities and Operators -- Analysis of Technology Options for Organic Waste Recycling -- Technology Selection: How to Choose the Right Organic Waste Treatment System -- Private Sector Participation in Organic Waste Management -- Planning and Operational Guidelines -- Chapter 3: Enabling Framework for Scaling Up Operations -- Institutional Roles and Responsibilities -- Compost Quality Standards -- Capacity Building, Training, and Education -- Fiscal Measures and Market-based Instruments -- The Way Forward -- Appendixes -- 1. Country Experience in Organic Waste Management -- 2. Priority Actions by Country for Scaling Up Organic Waste Management -- 3. Additional Resources -- 4. Carbon Financing for Organic Waste Management -- Tables -- 1 Waste Generation and Projection Comparisons throughout Asia -- 2 Comparison of Waste Treatment Practices -- 3 Waste Collection Typologies by Gross Domestic Product per Capita -- 4 Organic Waste Generation in Largest South Asian Countries -- 5 Estimated Organic Waste Resource Recovery in South Asia -- 6 Estimated Value of Organic Recycled Material in South Asia -- 7 Technology Used in South Asia to Recycle and Recover Organic Waste -- 8 Common Inputs for Aerobic Composting -- 9 Troubleshooting during Composting -- 10 Technological Options for Aerobic Composting -- 11 Sample Cost Estimates for a Composting Plant, 2005-2006.

12 Criteria for Selection of Appropriate Technology -- 13 Technology Selection Matrix for Different Sized Towns and Cities -- 14 Technology Selection Indicator Matrix -- 15 Public-Private Partnership Options for Large-Scale Projects -- 16 Design Specifications for Compost Facility of 100 Tons per Day -- 17 Typical Equipment Used at a Compost Plant -- 18 Visible and Invisible Criteria for Compost -- 19 Roles and Responsibilities of Relevant Ministries in Organic Waste Management -- 20 Status of Enabling Activities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka -- Figures -- 1 Organic Waste Composition of Solid Waste in South Asia, 2005-2010 -- 2 Typical Scenario of Solid Waste Management in South Asia -- 3 Waste-Recycling Options for Organic Waste -- 4 Compost Sales and Distribution Models -- Boxes -- 1 Integrated Plant Nutrient Management -- 2 Successful Small-Scale Composting Initiatives in India -- 3 Experience of Large-Scale Compost Plant in Ahmedabad, India -- 4 Successful Private Sector Experience in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- 5 Sample Municipal Ordinance Requiring Source Segregation-Quezon City, Philippines -- 6 Signs of Improvement in Promoting Source Segregation in South Asia -- 7 Use of Fertilizer Marketing Company for Sales of Compost in Bangladesh by Waste Concern -- 8 Integrated Plant Nutrient Systems: The Way Forward for Promoting Compost -- 9 Registration and Certification of Compost -- 10 Recycling Training Center in Bangladesh.