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Solid Waste Management is widely recognized as a major concern for Pacific Island Countries (PICs) with the potential to cause negative impacts on national development activities including tourism and trade, public health and the environment. The introduction of the Waste Management Bill 2009 is an indication that Government recognizes the importance of proper waste management. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is the agency that has the mandate to manage waste and ensure that any issues related to solid waste management are addressed appropriately.

This report provides a summary of the analytical results for a range of food and other household items that were collected in October 2010 as part of the background information gathering phase of the Cook Islands POPs Project. The samples were analysed for a wide range of possible pesticide contaminants, including the POPs pesticides. The samples were also tested for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

The Government of the Republic of Palau has developed this National Spill Contingency Plan (NATPLAN) as part of its commitment to protecting our valuable coastal and marine resources from an eminent or substantial threat to the marine environment or public. NATPLAN has been developed to reflect the essential steps necessary to initiate, conduct and terminate an emergency spill response on, or into the navigable waters of the Republic of Palau, on the adjoining shorelines, the waters of the contiguous zone or into waters of the exclusive economic zone.

Nauru faces many economic and environmental challenges. In the 1970s the country experienced an economic boom due to phosphate mining, however, because of mismanagement of the revenue, the country currently has limited financial resources to undertake many of its development programmes including environmentally sound waste management. In the face of a range of environmental, social and economic threats from poor waste management and pollution, and in the context of the limited resources, this National Solid Waste Management Strategy is developed as a matter of priority. The proposed way forward is based on an analysis of the existing situation and was developed using a participatory and consultative approach through workshops held in November 2008 and October 2010.

By this document, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (Guam EPA), with assistance from the Guam Department of Public Works (DPW), updates and revises Guam’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, as mandated by Section 51103 of Title 10 of the Guam Code Annotated. Guam’s first Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan was developed for the Guam Environmental Protection Agency and approved by the Guam EPA Board in 1999. It was modified and adopted by the Guam Legislature on December 12, 2000. It called for major changes in solid waste management on Guam, including creation of a new legally conforming landfill and closing of the Ordot Dump.

Report prepared for the Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand), by Tonkin & Taylor Ltd. on the Clean Development Mechanism

The Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries (POPs in PICs), Phase II – Scheduled POPs and Intractable Pesticide Disposal Project was a seven-year project to reduce the threat posed by POPs and related chemicals toward the environment and human health in Pacific Island Countries. The Project was undertaken in the Pacific Region and included 12 PICs. The Project commenced in April 2003 and was completed in June 2009, at a total cost of AUD 6.57 Mil, funded by AusAID. The Project was delivered under the aid modality of ‘project support’, by Australian Managing Contractor, GHD, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The Project goal addressed country, regional and international priority issues, and is in alignment with the highest priority waste management issues in the Pacific as identified by SPREP member countries in the Waste Management Action Plan 1997-2000, and the objective of the Stockholm Convention. The mechanisms of the Basel or Waigani Convention were utilised for approvals to import the repackaged waste POPs into Australia for destruction.