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Effective waste management is a key challenge facing Small Island Developing States. The remoteness of many of these islands and their vulnerability to climate change make the handling and transport of waste both expensive and difficult. The challenge is particularly acute for hazardous waste.

Waste disposal landfill, illegal dumping and backyard burning are favored in most cases, at the expense of more sustainable waste treatment technologies such as composting, anaerobic digesting and recycling.