Waste Management
08 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that it will convene two, two-week vocational training courses on environmentally sound and practical waste management techniques for Pacific islanders in 2013. Nominations are now invited and should be submitted to SPREP by 30 November 2012.
SPREP says the first course, from 4-15 March 2013, will cover waste management techniques, including policy and strategic approaches to integrated solid...
06 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it is actively promoting the transition to cleaner diesel fuel, encouraging members to procure low-sulphur diesel fuel, which it says is only marginally more expensive per barrel.
According to SPC, sulphur content in fuel consumed in the Pacific is highly variable, ranging from 10ppm to 5,000ppm. The lower the sulphur content, the cleaner the fuel, and the less pollution from exhaust fumes.
SPC notes that...
06 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Japan Technical Cooperation Project for the Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management (J-PRISM) programme, a five-year project funded by the Government of Japan, is successfully building the capacity of Pacific Island countries through a “learning-by-doing” approach. J-PRISM is coordinated in partnership with SPREP.
According to SPREP, J-PRISM activities are centered...
23 Oct 2012
The ninth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 9) will review chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, hexabromocyclododecane, and pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, as well as discuss other technical work such as the impact of climate change on the POPRC’s work and common issues in applying Annex E criteria. A joint meeting with the Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee (CRC) may be held on 19 October 2013, if approved by the joint...
IMO's Environment Committee Considers Energy Efficiency, Ballast Water Management and Ship Recycling
9 October 2012: The 64th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) addressed issues related to energy efficiency, ballast water management and ship-recycling. The session also led to the establishment of a new Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) in the Saba Bank, in the north-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On energy efficiency measures for ships, the MEPC focused on technical and operational...
