Responding to the current solid waste management crisis in Gaza Strip

About this project

ltpgtThe project aims to confront the solid waste crisis in the Gaza Strip and reduce its severe public health and environmental impacts as part of the ongoing humanitarian response and the UN ceasefire plan. The project will tackle one of the largest and most hazardous temporary dumping sites in the Gaza Strip, located in Feras Market at the heart of Gaza City an area of extremely high population density.ltbrgtThe intervention will contribute, alongside other funding sources, to eliminating this dumping site by removing the accumulated waste and transferring it to an alternative disposal area outside the city and away from residential communities. The project will also support the preparation of this new site in line with environmental and social standards to ensure it can safely receive the waste with minimal impact on public health and the surrounding environment. Additionally, the alternative site will be operated throughout the project duration to manage both the incoming waste from Feras Market and the ongoing waste collection quantities during the transfer period.ltbrgtThis project is aligned with the WASH Strategy and UNDP Ceasefire plan, emphasizing the continued transfer of solid waste to disposal sites. UNDP will deploy 48 fuel monitors to adhere to the fuel monitoring mechanism, along with 8 field supervisors and 3 fuel controllers. Daily reports will be prepared by the fuel controllers and field supervisors, providing two sources of data for verification and val…

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Palestinian Territories

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

oPt Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

United Nations Development Programme

Accountable

United Nations Development Programme

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 20 May 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-OPT-25-R-UN-38868.

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