An Overview of Myanmar’s Recycling Industry
An Overview of Myanmar’s Recycling Industry
2019
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key to innovation, job creation, and economic development in any market. However, in countries affected by crises, SMEs are often invisible and without the necessary resources to adapt and compete. In Myanmar, SMEs represent 90% of all firms operating in the country, but they are disadvantaged by a weak enabling environment, lack of infrastructure, and insufficient access to capital, skilled labor, and information. These barriers have limited local businesses from modernizing and adjusting to market changes and opportunities that will allow them to scale and respond to market demand, including the environmental and waste management crisis.
Since 2012, Building Markets has been tackling this problem by increasing SME visibility, building their commercial capacity, and connecting these businesses to new buyers. The principal objective of this report is to provide an overview of Myanmar’s waste management and recycling industry, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities in this sector.