Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Senegal more than 2.7 million tons of solid waste are produced each year. Only 1.7 million tons are collected. With inadequate waste collection systems, households resort to dumping their trash in the streets or burning it. The toxins released from open burning such as dioxins and furans - also known as unintentional persistent organic pollutants, or UPOPs - are a silent menace: they lead to severe air, soil, and water pollution, with devastating consequences on people’s health and on the environment. At home, many are further exposed to toxins coming from the use of plastic in cooking and from charcoal burned inside rooms.
This video provides a snapshot of the impact felt in two communes of Dakar, Senegal from a GEF-funded and World Bank-implemented project. The Environmental Health and Pollution Management in Africa (EHPMP) project aims to reduce environmental health risks related to harmful chemicals and waste through strengthened institutional partnership and capacity in pollution management in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Learn more: thegef.org/newsroom/blog/promoting-environmental-health-senegal
En français: youtu.be/shlGzFnkOg8
Video produced by the World Bank
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In Senegal more than 2.7 million tons of solid waste are produced each year. Only 1.7 million tons are collected. With inadequate waste collection systems, households resort to dumping their trash in the streets or burning it. The toxins released from open burning such as dioxins and furans - also known as unintentional persistent organic pollutants, or UPOPs - are a silent menace: they lead to severe air, soil, and water pollution, with devastating consequences on people’s health and on the environment. At home, many are further exposed to toxins coming from the use of plastic in cooking and from charcoal burned inside rooms.
This video provides a snapshot of the impact felt in two communes of Dakar, Senegal from a GEF-funded and World Bank-implemented project. The Environmental Health and Pollution Management in Africa (EHPMP) project aims to reduce environmental health risks related to harmful chemicals and waste through strengthened institutional partnership and capacity in pollution management in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Learn more: thegef.org/newsroom/blog/promoting-environmental-health-senegal
En français: youtu.be/shlGzFnkOg8
Video produced by the World Bank
ABOUT US
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems.
Website: thegef.org
Follow us on social media
Twitter: twitter.com/theGEF
Facebook: facebook.com/TheGEF1
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/global-environment-facility
