Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) Toolkit

USAID’s Clean Cities Blue Ocean (CCBO) program developed the Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local governments (SCIL – pronounced like “skill”) to provide a methodical and distilled, yet comprehensive approach for local governments to assess their capacity to create and sustain an economically and environmentally sound 3R(reduce, reuse, recycle)/solid waste management (SWM) system. The SCIL provides an assessment tool that is focused on the key elements required to establish and maintain a sustainable, efficient, effective, and equitable system. The tool was developed based on CCBO’s observations, experience, and research of best 3R/SWM practices amongst low- and middle-income country local governments around the world.

Read more about the SCIL’s application and impact in the Building Local Government Capacity for Improved Solid Waste Management Systems case study and brief factsheet.

Download accompanying SCIL Toolkit components:

• SCIL Assessment Tool
• SCIL Assessment Implementation Guide
• SCIL Surveys
  1. Planning
  2. Policy and Legal
  3. Financial Management
  4. Service Delivery
  5. Human Resources
  6. Community Engagement
• SCIL Orientation Presentation
• Virtual SCIL Primer Series

Access the SCIL Toolkit in other languages:

• Spanish | Español
• Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt  (coming soon/sắp ra mắt)
• Bahasa Indonesia (coming soon/segera hadir)