Regional Solid Waste Action Plan 2008-2010

Abstract

As part of the monitoring and evaluation process for the implementation of the Pacific Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy, the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) convened a meeting for senior waste management representatives of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu at SPREP, Apia, Samoa on the 5th, 6th & 7th of November 2007. A number of JICA representatives were also in attendance but of particular note was the participation of Professor Sakurai from Okinawa University, a world expert on waste management. Professor Sakurai provided assistance in the delivery of presentation and educated many of the participants on issues relating to waste management.