Waste Management
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...
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...
