Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2020
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
8 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
44390Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Waste management - Recycables - Vanuatu
Waste Minimization - Refuse and refuse disposal - Vanuatu
Abstract
Waste received at the main Bouffa landfill in Vanuatu is comprised of up to 35% beverage containers products (aluminium, PET, glass). Beverage containers are also commonly seen as litter and in informal stockpiles or burnt by communities in pits. Vanuatu has had limited success implementing long-term solutions for recovery of recyclable items, due to lack of financing, infrastructure, technical expertise, and formal waste collection services. The Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) views a Sustainable Financing system (known as a Product Stewardship Scheme (PSS)) as a solution to enable the collection and management of recyclable items. The DEPC, with the support of Donors and a Working Group of interested parties, has been developing the PSS since 2017. The DEPC seek for PacWastePlus to support the completion of additional components of this pathway – with the goal of implementing the PSS.
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2020
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
8 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
44390 Record Created: 24-Nov-2021
Record Modified: 14-Feb-2022