This brief summarises the proceedings and outcomes of the 1st CCET Webinar which was held on 25 July 2017 at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center in line with the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2017. The webinar aimed at providing a step-by-step guideline on how national and local authorities can undertake practical and implementable actions towards the development and launch of their own national and city waste management strategies. Highlighting lessons based on the UN Environment and CCET experience, the webinar offered participants an opportunity to engage with leading waste experts and identify how similar interventions can be applied and adapted to their own particular circumstances. It outlined a possible process and posed questions to be considered in developing waste management strategies.