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Country Project Niue

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING FOR WASTE and e-waste MANAGEMENT (ADVANCE RECOVERY FEE AND DEPOSIT)

Niue seeks to utilise PacWastePlus investment and assistance to support the implementation of an effective Sustainable Financing system for recoverable and recyclable items and e-waste management.

Project Description

Current situation

Items are imported into Niue but there are limited viable options for their end-of-life management and/or export. As such, most items imported are disposed of at landfills or stockpiled on vacant land. End-of-life electronic items are building up in unmanaged stockpiles – causing environmental pollution and health risks.

What is the Niue project About?

The Department of Environment Niue seeks to utilise PacWastePlus support (in combination with the Australian Government-funded Recycle Facility, and the GEF ISLANDS project, and the Ridge-to-Reef projects) to develop and implement a “Plan for the Sustainable Management of Waste in Niue” – which includes the design and implementation of a Sustainable Financing system such as an Advance Recovery Fee and Deposit (ARFD).

Activities will include:

  • development and approval of ARFD legislation of a self-financing system to provide a long-term self-funding ability for the Niue DOE to collect and process targeted recyclable*, bulky* and electronic items * in combination with DFaT and GEF ISLANDS projects
  • tools and training to allow for the collection, dismantling, and export of e-waste from Niue
  • awareness programme designed to raise awareness of the ARFD and change household and community waste practices

Future situation

Niue seeks to have an effective and self-funding solution for the collection and recycling of waste items and also to expand the new recycling facility to enable the collection, dismantling, and export of electronic waste.

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News

Sustainable Financing for Waste and E-Waste Management Project Moves Forward

To assist the Government of Niue to have an effective and self-funding solution for the collection and recycling of waste items and to expand the new recycling facility to enable the collection, dismantling, and export of electronic waste, a sustainable project has formally been approved through the signing of a...

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Niue Asbestos Abatement Work Progresses

Country clearance has been requested for the SPREP Consultant travelling to Niue to progress a PacWastePlus Program project in the first quarter of 2022, January through March. The purpose of this mission is to implement abatement, removal, containment, labelling, transport, and disposal of stockpiles asbestos containing materials (ACM from previous...

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Event

Launch of the Niue Waste Management Working Group

A multi-ministry Waste Management Working Group has been established in Niue.  This group, comprising stakeholders from the departments of Environment, Project Management Unit, Crown Law, Customs, and Treasury, had their first meeting in late September. The Waste Management Working Group was established to participate in the design of a Niue...

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Factsheet

Niue Project Profile – Sustainable Management of Waste in Niue: Advance Recovery Deposit and Fee and E-waste Management

Items are imported into Niue in growing numbers, but there are currently limited viable options for their end-of-life management and/or export. As such, most items imported are disposed of at the dumpsites or stockpiled on vacant land. Electronic waste stockpiles, in particular, are increasing and resulting in increased pollution and health risks to Niue people. The priority for Niue is to introduce a financially sustainable system to enable the long-term collection, management, and export of recyclable and end-oflife electronic items, utilising the new Recycle Facility (funded by the Government of Australia).

The Niue Department of Environment seeks to focus their PacWastePlus investment to: 1) support the implementation of a Sustainable Financing system (known as the Advance Recovery Fee and Deposit - ARFD) 2) support the establishment of an electronic waste dismantling center to enable processing and export of electronic wast

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • By 2023, have households and communities participating in effective management of recyclable, bulky and electronic items in Niue, including participation in the Sustainable Financing system
  • By 2023, have an e-waste dismantling operation efficiently collecting, processing and exporting targeted electronic items through the provision of equipment and delivery of relevant training
  • By 2022, have a legislative environment in Niue – including the implementation and long-term operation of a Sustainable Financing system – that provides for the cohesive, coordinated, and self-funded management of recyclable, bulky and electronic items
  • Changed global consumption patterns; to a disposable society
  • Limited ability to manage waste in a sustainable way
  • Lack of viable options for end-of-life recovery/recycling of recyclable, bulky, and electronic items
  • Reliance on landfill dumps and stockpiling
  • Sustainable Financing system established in legislation providing a self-funded recycling industry
  • E-waste dismantling operation capturing 90%* of targeted items, resulting in 90% reduction of items in stockpiles or disposed at dumps
  • All households in Niue actively engaged in recyclables management generating income through the redemption of products