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NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP 11-14/06/07

NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP 11-14/06/07. TAVUA RURAL LOCAL AUTHORITY. POPULATION 1 st Quarter 2007. Background Information (cont’d). Background Information (cont’d). Number of Villages: 24 Settlements: 75 Squatter Areas: 3 Low Cost Housing Areas: 2

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NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP 11-14/06/07

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  1. NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP11-14/06/07 TAVUA RURAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

  2. POPULATION1st Quarter 2007

  3. Background Information (cont’d)

  4. Background Information (cont’d) • Number of Villages: 24 • Settlements: 75 • Squatter Areas: 3 • Low Cost Housing Areas: 2 • Industrial Areas: 7 • Hotels/Resorts: ( 2 coming up) • Food premises: 189

  5. Background Information (contd.) • Airports: 1 • Ports and Shipping: 1 • Government Institution: 5 • Livestock Production: 142 • Mining: 1 • Quarries: 1

  6. Current Disposal Practice: • Burn and burry • EGM dumpsite • Illegal dumping (road reserve, native reserve, drain, creeks, rivers, mangroves, etc.)

  7. THANKYOU

  8. CHALLENGES • Lack of funding to operate our own collection service • Lack of awareness from the general public • Absence of a proper rubbish dump • Trade waste from municipality dumped into LA area

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