Waste Management
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
Waste management in Singapore is overseen by the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development.
Singapore has a well-developed sewage system that adequately provides for all household, industry and commercial developments. All used water (waste water) is collected and treated at water reclamation sites. All solid wastes in Singapore are collected and disposed of by incineration or recycling by one of four plants. Singapore recycles 56% and incinerates 41% of all waste, which avoids...
Beth
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27 Jul 2011
Sao Tomé e Principé has not ratified the Basel Convention. Although lacking a waste-specific master plan, the need for one is recognized: the development of a National Master Plan for the Management of Urban Solid Waste is to take place within the National Environment Plan for Sustainable Development (PNADD), although this document is ten years old.
The sector is characterized by the absence of adequate infrastructure for the collection, transport and depositing of waste, poor...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
Cape Verde has ratified the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Currently, the Government of Cape Verde is seeking support from the EU to help implement a water and environmental infrastructure framework. An agreement was made to concentrate resources in the water and sanitation sectors, particularly for the supply and distribution of drinking water, collection and treatment of residual water, and solid waste control.
The...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
Waste management is handled by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Maldives Government.
There are waste management systems, sewerage systems and erosion mitigation measures such as near-shore breakwaters and groynes operating in the Maldives. The waste management infrastructure’s location within close proximity to the coastline makes it highly vulnerable to sea level rise and storm conditions. 90% of the islands have their waste disposal sites within 100m of the coastline and on...
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
Waste management and sanitation are addressed in the Guinea-Bissau National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) produced with the IMF in 2007. A Water and Sanitation Master Plan exists for the country.
A private company and several NGOs have been involved in the collection of garbage in the capital. However, waste management continues to be a problem and is exacerbated by annual population growth rates of 3%. Efforts to reduce consumption have been pursued by the central government in...
