'1` استثارة الوعي مطلوب لتغيير اتجاهات الجهات المولدة للنفايات، ولا سيما على صعيد النفايات البلدية والصناعية، لزيادة وعيها بالحاجة إلى الفصـل ما بين النفايات والتخلص منها على الوجه الصحيح؛
Awareness-raising is required to change the attitude of waste generators, particularly at the municipal and industrial levels, to raise their awareness of the need for proper segregation and disposal of waste; In developing countries, employment-generation schemes are required and working conditions in particular for waste recycling sectors of vulnerable sections of society, e.g., scavengers and ragpickers, need to be improved; The private sector and local communities in developing countries should be involved in waste minimization efforts: