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Factsheet
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.
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Programme Governance Document
PacWastePlus Programme Gender & Social Inclusion (GESI) Guiding Document
Given the significantly gendered nature of social life in Pacific Island countries, and related inequalities, the successful achievement of Regional and Country Projects will require the PacWastePlus team to give attention to the different needs, interests, priorities and roles of women, girls, men and boys and the relations between them. Similarly, given that people living with disabilities are overall the most socially excluded group, the specific needs, interests and priorities of people living with disabilities are fundamental to achieving inclusive development results.
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Booklet
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.
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Technical Report
Situational Analysis of Human Rights Issues in the Waste Management Sector: Literature Review
A literature review was undertaken to gain a comprehensive understanding of waste management and the related issues and good practices and a general understanding of the realisation of the human rights implicated in relation to waste management in PacWastePlus programme participating countries. Armed with this basis of the information, the researcher seeks to draw linkages between waste management and human rights and the related issues in the Pacific Island Countries of focus and to gain a comprehensive understanding of how issues of human rights, equality, and cultural awareness are currently being considered and incorporated into waste and environmental programme management.
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Waste Legislative Review
Waste Legislative Review: Regional Solutions Assessment PacWastePlus
Several options for regionally led approaches to address the gaps and opportunities for a regional legislative framework are identified in the report, including the development of technical guidance, model laws, and compliance/enforcement training to build a foundation of skills, knowledge, and capacity for waste governance across the region. This report considers the relevant requirements applying to waste management under international and regional conventions and non-binding ‘soft law’ instruments, their alignment to the needs of the PacWastePlus participating countries, and common gaps and challenges that arise that might be the basis for developing regionally harmonised approaches. Several options for regionally led approaches to address the gaps and opportunities for a regional legislative framework are identified in the report, including the development of technical guidance, model laws, and compliance/enforcement training to build a foundation of skills, knowledge, and capacity for waste governance.
File Size: 2.4MB, 34 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Vanuatu
Waste management is a challenge for Vanuatu, primarily due to the geographic dispersal of the population. Currently, the existing system for waste collection is still limited to municipalities and provincial centres. There is large variability in the volumes of waste in Vanuatu. Urban areas have access to waste collection services. In rural areas, rubbish collection services are poor, ad-hoc, or completely absent. As a result, all waste generated in rural areas is disposed of through burning, burying, and dumping - either on land or in nearby waterways.
File Size: 2MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Tuvalu
The current waste collection service covers all nine islands in Tuvalu. The capital Funafuti has an advanced waste service – including organics collection and processing, a Waste Levy (with deposit) for the collection of recyclables and bulky waste, and a new recycling/transfer facility providing for the processing of household recyclables. Funafuti has a lined landfill, while outer islands utilise open dumps, managed by island councils (Kaupule). Despite current waste management efforts, there is still a prevalence of coastal litter in Tuvalu.
File Size: 2MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Tonga
There is large variability in the management of waste in Tonga. The islands of Tongatapu and Vava’u receive rubbish collection services provided by the Tonga Waste Authority Limited. However, due to the lack of waste collection services provided to the other outer islands and rural areas, practices of backyard burying, and burning is prevalent.
File Size: 1.81MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Timor-Leste
There is large variability in the management of waste in Timor-Leste. The Dili District Administration manages the Tibar Dump, which is the only controlled landfill in Timor-Leste. The Dili District Administration contracts private companies to assist with rubbish collection in Dili. Despite this, many households and businesses do not dispose of waste properly and are engaged in illegal dumping in rivers or drains and burning. There are private recycling companies in Dili that bale and export cardboard, paper, and scrap metal.
File Size: 1.81MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Solomon Islands
Waste management is a challenge for the Solomon Islands, primarily due to the geographic dispersal of the population. Waste collection services are currently limited to accessible areas within Honiara and in a few provincial centres6. Urban area waste collection services less than 45% of household waste generated. In rural areas, rubbish collection services are poor, ad hoc, or completely absent. As a result, all waste generated in rural areas is managed through burning, burying, and dumping -either on land or in nearby waterways.
File Size: 1.82MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Samoa
There are two landfills in Samoa, each located on one of the two main islands. Waste collection services are provided to communities on the four inhabited islands of Upolu, Savaii, Manono, and Apolima. Waste collection in urban areas is frequent – twice a week for general waste but not as frequent in rural areas. Despite these services, waste is still commonly illegally dumped or burnt. The government provides a quarterly bulky waste collection service. The private sector provides some recycling services, collecting items such as aluminum and scrap metal for export.
File Size: 1.86MB, 5 pages PDF document
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Factsheet
PacWastePlus Project Snapshot – Republic of Marshall Islands
The Majuro Atoll Waste Company (MAWC), owned by the national government and the Majuro Atoll Local Government, is responsible for solid waste collection, landfill management, and recycling in Majuro. MAWC provides weekly collection services to around 80% of households in Majuro. The remaining houses are responsible for transporting their wastes to Majuro’s dumpsite. In outer islands, rubbish collection services are poor, ad-hoc, or completely absent. Many houses without collection services have instead created backyard pits. MAWC administers a Container Deposit system, collecting aluminum cans, PET bottles, and glass bottles.
File Size: 2.5MB, 5 pages PDF document
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