Citizen training that builds households' practical capability to segregate waste can deliver large, persistent and socially amplified improvements in waste management, making it a highly cost-effective climate policy in resource-constrained cities.

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29 January 2026

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VoxDev

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https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/why-waste-segregation-policies-fail-and-how-training-makes-them-work

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