This book presents the findings of a Department for International Development DFID funded project. It has been written for policymakers and professional staff of urban government development agencies and nongovernment organizations in lowincome countries.The book aims to help improve the poor practices of municipal solid waste management that prevail in many lowincome countries a subject that has received comparatively little attention to other aspects of infrastructure such as water supply and transport. It is a complex subject embracing waste collection transfer haulage and disposal and its impacts are wide including for example effects on environmental health municipal finance and management waste reuse and informal sector employment.