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The Hazardous Waste Management Program Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program

The Hazardous Waste Management Program Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program November 2007. Pacific Regional Environment Program. Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and the Environment of the South Pacific Region, 1986 (SPREP Convention).

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The Hazardous Waste Management Program Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program

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  1. The Hazardous Waste Management Program Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program November 2007

  2. Pacific Regional Environment Program Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and the Environment of the South Pacific Region, 1986 (SPREP Convention)

  3. 25 Member Countries and Territories of SPREP • 14 PICs: Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu • 7 Territories: American Samoa, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Guam, Tokelau, Wallis & Futuna • Australia, France, New Zealand, USA

  4. SPREP Action Plan(2005-2009) Focus Areas: • Nature Resource Management • Pollution Control and Waste Management • Climate Change and Variability • Cross-cutting issue Member Services • Technical advice & support • Planning & policy advice • Legal services • Training & education • Human resource development and management • Library & information services

  5. SPREP Program Strategy The focus areas are divided under the Secretariat’s two programs: • Islands Ecosystems • Pacific Futures

  6. The Islands Ecosystems Program

  7. Program Goal: Pacific Island countries and territories able to manage their island resources and ocean ecosystems in a sustainable manner and that support life and livelihoods

  8. Component 1.1:Terrestrial Ecosystems Management Component 1.2: Coastal and Marine ecosystems Component 1.3:Species of Special Interest Component 1.4:People and Institutions

  9. The Pacific Futures Program

  10. Programme Goal: Pacific Island countries and territories able to plan and respond to threats and pressures on islands and ocean systems

  11. Component 2.1:Managing multilateral environmental agreements and regional coordination mechanism Component 2.2:Environmental monitoring and reporting Component 2.3:Climate change, climate vulnerability, sea level rise and atmosphere Component 2.4:Waste Management and pollution control Component 2.5:Environmental policy and planning

  12. Component 2.4: Waste Management and pollution control Objective: To assist and enhance the PICTs capacities to manage and respond to marine pollution, hazardous waste, solid waste, sewage and other land-based sources of pollution

  13. What does SPREP do? • Support the regional work on the controlling of marine pollution • Support the management of hazardous substance and waste in the region • Support the regional work on the management of solid and liquid waste

  14. Some of the waste management practices we have in the region include…

  15. Island waste disposal site, Kiribati

  16. Honiara “dump” - Solomon Islands

  17. Majuro dump site, Marshall Islands

  18. Majuro dump site, Marshall Islands

  19. “Managed” chemical store, Lakena, Fiji

  20. Young boy swimming in polluted water

  21. Work done in the hazardous waste area: • Assisting countries manage their hazardous waste by assessing and enhancing: • members’ capacities for effective management of hazardous materials, • improve compliance with international convention requirements and • eliminating hazards posed by existing waste stockpiles (POPs and ODS)

  22. SPREP is assisting countries… • Implementing Phase II of the Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries (POPs in PICs) project • Develop their National Implementation Plans (NIPs) as part of the requirement for the Stockholm Convention on POPs

  23. Coordinate the regional implementation of the e-waste project • Administer the implementation of the Waigani and Basel Conventions (done through the BCRC)

  24. Assist country deal with country specific issues (expired pharmaceuticals in Kiribati) • Provide technical advise and support to countries in meeting obligations under relevant MEAs

  25. Phase I of the POPs in PICs project… Involved a survey of 13 Pacific Island Countries to identify • stockpiles of the POPs chemicals • other intractable pesticides

  26. Phase II of POPs in PICs… Involved the reconnaissance assessment and physical removal of • POPs Chemicals • Intractable pesticides This work happened in July 2003 – December 2006

  27. Collection and packaging in Solomon Is

  28. Collection and packaging in Solomon Is

  29. Result of the clean up

  30. Situation in Kanton Island (before)

  31. Clean up work

  32. Repackage and clean up work

  33. After clean up

  34. MerciThank you

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