Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Golder Associates
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2014
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
20 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Tuvalu
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41780
Legacy PEIN ID:
81877
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Tuvalu lube oil imports
Tuvalu waste oil recovery
Waste management - Used oils - Tuvalu
Tuvalu waste oil recovery - Waste Landfill - Tuvalu
Abstract
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
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Golder Associates
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2014
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
20 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Tuvalu
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41780
Legacy PEIN ID:
81877
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 08-Oct-2018
Record Modified: 18-Jul-2022