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Stocktake of Existing and Pipeline Waste Legislation – Cook Islands

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Authors
PacWastePlus, Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, Australia, with technical assistance from Monash University
Regional project
N/A
Country project
Cook Islands
Document type
Waste Legislative Review
Abstract
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 the Cook Islands.

File Size: 2MB, 16 pages PDF document
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  • waste-legislation-stocktake-cook-island.pdf