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Waste management is both a threat and an opportunity. Poor waste management can degrade our environment and erode our economy. Just as importantly, it can reduce the communities’ desire to be involved in creating a better Kiribati for our next generation. As we have seen from our recycling program, good waste management can also generate employment and economic activity while cleaning up the islands. Waste is truly a sustainable development issue involving environment, economy and social issues.

The government of the Republic of Kiribati has recently secured funds from Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement the National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) project. The overall aim of NCSA is "to provide countries with the opportunity to articulate their own capacity needs and priorities with respects to the global environment, taking into account the three global conventions on biodiversity, climate change and desertification/land degradation." The implementing county is not bound to focus strictly 011 the three specified global conventions of biodiversity, climate change and desertification or land degradation. The country may wish to focus on one of the three thematic areas. Kiribati chooses to exclusively focus 011 the three thematic areas known as Rio Conventions - biodiversity, climate change and land degradation.