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The Ocean decade will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for nations to work together to generate the global ocean science needed to support the sustainable development of our shared ocean.

There are several logistical and financial barriers in implementing waste management technologies on small island nations.

While there are efforts by governmental authorities, the tyre industry, and individual manufactures to manage end-of-life (ELTs) there is still much to be done. This management options booklet explores possible reuse options for ELTs without processing. ELTs that do not enter an-use market are usually landfilled, burnt or illegally stockpiled posing several environmental and social risks.

Small island nations face a host of logistic and financial barriers in attempts to increase local recycling rates. The exportation of recycled material presents a range of benefits for nations with the inability to dispose or reuse waste in an environmentally beneficial manner. This could be due to the shortage of landfill capacity on-island, the risk of hazardous chemical pollution or the lack of primary industries in the Pacific region. Fro some waste stream, there is a potential for commodification if export is achieve efficiently.