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The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia Sarl (Golder) to perform contemporary used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The major sources of used oil are power generation and motor vehicles. Used oil contains high levels of heavy metals and some amounts of more toxic chemicals. Oil spilled on the ground contaminates the soil and leaches into the water system, polluting water courses, groundwater, lagoons and the ocean. This report presents the findings of a contemporary used oil audit in Tuvalu. In-country visits, interviews and data collection that support this report were conducted by Golder in July 2014

The Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia (Golder) to perform contemporary used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The major sources of used oil are power generation and motor vehicles. Used oil contains high levles of heavy metlas and some amounts of more toxic chemicals. Oil spilled on the groud contaminates the soil and leaches into the water system, polluting water courses, groundwater, lagoons and the ocean.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia Sarl (Golder) to perform contemporary used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The major sources of used oil are power generation and motor vehicles. Used oil contains high levels of heavy metals and some amounts of more toxic chemicals. Oil spilled on the ground contaminates the soil and leaches into the water system, polluting water courses, groundwater, lagoons and the ocean.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Enironment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia Sarl (Golder) to perform contemporay used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The main sources of used oil are power generation and moto vehicles. Used oil contains high levels of heavy metals and some amounts of more toxic chemicals.