Waste Management
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
The FSM has a National Solid Waste Management Strategy (NSWMS) for 2010-2014.
No state has a sanitary landfill and most communities lack access to any form of management dump site. As a result, illegal dumping is a major issue. Littering is also a widespread problem. At one time or another, all states have had recycling schemes, notably for aluminium cans, but in all instances these have failed. Currently no states has a waste recycling scheme, but there are some attempts to sort and store...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
A working draft of a National Waste Management Strategy has been developed for the Marshall Islands.
In the past, solid waste was disposed of near homes, and left to decay on the ground. At the time, population density was low and most of the waste was biodegradable, presenting few ecological problems. Now, however, high birth rates and inward migration from the Outer Islands have contributed to high population densities in Majuro and Ebeye Atolls. This in turn has necessitated...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
One of the important environmentally-minded documents addressing waste management issues in the country is the Kiribati National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS).
Pollution from solid waste, liquid and hazardous/toxic waste is widely recognized as one of the major threats to human health and the environment, and thus sustainable development in Kiribati has a direct influence on the quality of people’s lives. Poor waste management is one of the major environmental problems in...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
As a party to the Vienna Convention on the Ozone Layer and the Basel Convention, Barbados has enacted waste management programmes and regulations as well as specific pieces of legislation for different hazardous materials. The Environmental Management Act has been drafted to address issues the legislation omits.
In Barbados, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the two major Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The waste sector contributes 98.61% of the total CH4 and 13.5% of...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Bahamas promulgated the country’s Pollution Control and Waste Management Regulations in 2000.
The majority of homes in the Bahamas are not on a central sewage handling system. Waste disposal puts pressure on soil and water quality in the Bahamas. A programme to provide sewer systems for major settlements has been developed to reduce this pressure. As part of the Solid Waste Management Programme, the Bahamas is in the process of building sanitary landfills. Glass and plastic recycling...
