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Recommended Procedures: Disposal and Landfilling of Asbestos Containing Wastes

This Recommended Procedures for the Disposal and Landfilling of Asbestos Containing Wastes is designed to provide accessible, practical advice to a broad range of parties who have a responsibility or duty of care in regard of exposure to asbestos or Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM).

Model Asbestos Management Code of Practice

This Model Asbestos Management Code of Practice is designed to provide accessible, practical advice to a broad range of parties who have a responsibility or duty of care in regard to exposure to asbestos or Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM). This includes those with responsibility for or involvement in legislation, worker health and safety, and any Work Involving Asbestos.

Model Asbestos Management Policy

This Model Asbestos Management Policy was developed to assist governments across the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste to formulate asbestos policies and promote a consistent approach to asbestos management and is designed for governments to adopt an existing asbestos management policy or develop a new one.

Asbestos Management Policy and Regulation for Pacific Island Countries and Timor-Leste

Justification brief for leaders (includes both policy and regulation opportunities)

This document is designed to assist PacWastePlus participating countries to implement legislative instruments that ban the importation of asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACMs).

This document provides:
• Introductory information on asbestos, its impacts on human health, and current management asbestos management practices
• Information on the regulatory, and non-regulatory activities that can be implemented to reduce exposure risk from asbestos and ACM
• Justification for executing an ACM ban both through policy and regulation.

Asbestos Management Legislative Reform Pathway

PacWastePlus has developed an Asbestos Management Legislative Reform Pathway that clearly identifies the steps necessary to institute bans on asbestos. This Pathway utilises and summaries the various work undertaken such as an analysis of legislative options for the management of asbestos, development of a guidance note/brief on the issues, and a Policy Note to guide the drafting of National legislation to impose a ban on the importation of asbestos. The development of these resources is in direct response to the outcomes of previous SPREP Meetings requesting specific assistance to manage asbestos and ban its importation to the region.

Living Safely with Asbestos

The management and disposal of asbestos-containing materials are currently a cause of concern in the Pacific region. In seeking to improve the ways that asbestos and asbestos-containing materials are managed in
PacWastePlus countries, the focus is to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres in order the eliminate asbestos-related diseases. Asbestos is a known health hazard and may be present in your home, but it may not be a risk, depending on its condition. In this publication, we provide useful information on how to live safely with asbestos.