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Kuwait National Waste Management Strategy (KNWMS) 2040

Kuwait, Kuwait

2017 - Ongoing

InfrastructureLandfillRecyclingWaste Management

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Project Description

Approach Words: Capacity Building, Comprehensive Management, Sustainability

Public Policy Instruments: Communicative, Organization, Physical Intervention, Planning, Regulatory

The Kuwait National Waste Management Strategy 2040 (KNWMS 2040) is an inclusive longstanding agenda in Kuwait that is developed to overtake Kuwait’s waste management system via infrastructure, policies and regulations.¹ ²
KNWMS 2040 envisions “establishing an affectively sustainable and integrated waste management system” that mitigates environmental and health risks by prioritizing waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and recovery.³ It seeks to promote sustainable resource use and foster public-private cooperation across municipal, industrial, and hazardous waste sectors.⁴

Title: KNWMS 2040 in accordance with the waste management system and landfills’ status in Kuwait.

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Title: Diagram showing the NWMS 2040 planning and implementation phases.

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Title: Overview of the landfills in Kuwait, operating, rehabilitated, and closed.

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Title: The Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait.

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Title: KNWMS 2040 in accordance with the waste management system and landfills’ status in Kuwait.

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Title: Diagram showing the NWMS 2040 planning and implementation phases.

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Title: Overview of the landfills in Kuwait, operating, rehabilitated, and closed.

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Title: The Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait.

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To implement this vision, the Kuwait National Management strategy comprises a comprehensive framework that includes:⁵ ⁶

Legal modifications,
Waste separation infrastructure improvements,
Financial mechanisms,
Improved data-collection schemes,
Waste-to-energy plants investments,
Circular economy frameworks,
Advancements in waste sorting,
Recycling and processing facilities,
Remediations of high-risk landfills that mitigate environmental hazards

The strategy applies nationwide, covering municipal, solid construction, hazardous and demolition waste, while featuring a digital waste management system that is developed for tracking waste flows and improving coordination.⁷
It upholds core sustainability principles, promoting environmental protection, resource efficiency, as well as public health, alongside ensuring responsibilities’ distributions, strict monitoring, and capacity building, with the following key five objectives:⁸

Adopt Sustainable Technologies – sound waste management solutions
Enhance Resource Efficiency – five-step-waste order
Strengthen Governance – define public and private roles
Build Capacity – actors with the needed knowledge, skills, and tools
Improve Data Transparency – system for collecting and delivering waste-related information with the authorities and the public, operated through the environmental public authority (EPA) by the end of 2026.

Owner/Developer (Public)

Kuwait Environment Public Authority (EPA)¹⁸

Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP)¹⁹

Owner/Developer

German Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT ²⁰

Consultant/Designer

German Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT ²¹

Owner/Developer (Public)

Kuwait Environment Public Authority (EPA)¹⁸

Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP)¹⁹

Owner/Developer

German Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT ²⁰

Consultant/Designer

German Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT ²¹

Undergoing Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), Kuwait’s Environment Public Authority (EPA) leads the strategy’s implementation.⁹ The strategy is supported by regulatory updates,¹⁰ involving ministries,¹¹ and international partners, such as the German Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT.¹²
KNWMS 2040 follows a long-term phased plan traversing many years, with:

2017–2024: Strategy development.¹³
May 2024: Official inauguration.¹⁴
2024–2044: 20-year implementation period, along reviews every 2–5 years.¹⁵
December 2024–2028: Feasibility study for Kuwait Waste Treatment Projects.¹⁶ ¹⁷

Project Link, Endnotes and References

Project Link

https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html

Endnotes

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References

Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Conferences on Kuwait National Waste Management Strategy. (2022, January 3). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2022/Workshops_Kuwait.html
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Conferences on Kuwait National Waste Management Strategy. (2022, January 3). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2022/Workshops_Kuwait.html
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Control, B. G. F. (2025, January 25). Kuwait launches tender for feasibility study on waste treatment projects – Global Flow Control. Global Flow Control. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://globalflowcontrol.com/newsroom/kuwait-launches-tender-for-feasibility-study-on-waste-treatment-projects/
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Environment Public Authority. (2022). Waste Management Atlas of Kuwait. Kuwait Environment Public Authority. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://epa.gov.kw/Portals/0/PDF/Atlas_En.pdf
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html
Kuwait presents nationwide Waste Management Stragegy. (2024, July 15). Fraunhofer UMSICHT Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/2024/eMiskWaste-Project.html

Kuwait National Waste Management Strategy (KNWMS) 2040

Kuwait, Kuwait

2017 - Ongoing

Project Description

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