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Palau National Waste Audit Analysis Report

This Waste data collation, analysis and reporting for the Palau National Waste Audit Analysis Report was guided by the overarching Regional Waste Data Collection, Monitoring, and Reporting (DCMR) Framework for the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICT).

Mid-Term Evaluation PacWaste Plus Programme – Palau Project Evaluation Brief

The Pacific – European Union Waste Management (PacWaste Plus) Programme has completed an external Mid-Term Evaluation. The evaluators from NIRAS International Consulting have produced a suite of products highlighting the Mid-Term Evaluation findings. This country brief highlights the mid-term review findings for the Palau PacWaste Plus project.

Asbestos Management Brief: PALAU

The PacWastePlus Regional Asbestos Project will support countries in executing solutions, both legislative and policy-driven, to prevent exposure to asbestos fibre, and thereby reduce asbestos-related diseases. This document provides guidance for Palau to progress work on the development and implementation of a National ACM ban with this resource providing background information, identifying policy and legislative options available.

PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Palau

Waste collection is provided to approximately 77% of the population in Palau, and each state is responsible for its own waste management services. Koror state provides weekly collection to 100% of its residents, with the collected materials managed at the M-Dock landfill. Green waste is collected upon request. Outer island communities operate under a self-haul arrangement. Forty-two segregation facilities have been established in communities to accept mixed recyclables and residual waste. Palau implemented a Container Deposit Legislation on aluminum and steel cans, plastic, and glass bottles in 2011. This program records an 87.3% recycling rate.

File Size: 2.5MB, 5 pages PDF document

Stocktake of Existing and Pipeline Waste Legislation in Palau

This report contains the University of Melbourne (UoM) team’s findings relating to a stocktake of the existing legislative environment for waste management in the participating countries, focusing on the PacWastePlus priority waste streams of healthcare waste, asbestos, e-waste, plastic waste, recyclables, organics, disaster waste, bulky waste and wastewater, and including implementing legislation for the following multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs): Waigani, Basel, Stockholm, Rotterdam, and Minamata. It also includes a stocktake of pipeline legislative initiatives in the participating countries, including an assessment of their impact and approximate timeframe for development. This report provides details on a stocktake of existing and pipeline Waste Legislations in Palau.

File Size: 2MB, 16 pages PDF document

Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in Palau

These assessments have been prepared by SPREP EU-funded PacWastePlus programme, drawing upon reporting developed by the University of Melbourne (UoM) on behalf of PacWastePlus for that programme’s Waste Legislative Review project. The UoM team reviewed legislation relevant to waste management in 14 Pacific region countries and Timor-Leste. Separate assessments are provided for each of the PacWastePlus participating countries. This report provides a detailed view of the legislative environment governing waste management currently in operation in Palau.

File Size: 4.8MB, 62 pages PDF document