Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2015
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
2p. : ill. (col.)
Call Number
VF 7545 [EL]
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
40325
Legacy PEIN ID:
80382
General Notes
3 copies|Also available online
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Subject Heading(s)
PacWaste - Country profile - Tonga - Oceania
Country profile - Healthcare waste - Tonga
Country profile - Asbestos - Tonga
Country profile - E-waste - Tonga
Abstract
PACWASTE COUNTRY PROFILETONGA PacWaste is a four year project (2014â2017) funded by the European Union and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), to improve regional hazardous waste management across the Pacific in the priority areas of healthcare waste, asbestos waste, E-waste and integrated atoll waste management. A further priority for PacWaste is to foster links between Pacific island countries and encourage information sharing on sustainable waste management through regional collaboration and twinning arrangements. Tonga is one of 15 countries participating in PacWaste, with activities taking place in the project domains of healthcare waste, E-waste and asbestos. Healthcare waste PacWaste is working across 14 Pacific island countries and Timor- Leste to improve the management of healthcare waste. Healthcare waste is hazardous because it has the potential to be infectious or harmful to humans and the environment. In Tonga, PacWaste conducted a he
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2015
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
2p. : ill. (col.)
Call Number
VF 7545 [EL]
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
40325
Legacy PEIN ID:
80382
General Notes
3 copies|Also available online
Record Created: 04-Jul-2016
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021