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WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T

WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T. Tuanga Kopaeanaga Repo. Akono i to tatou IPUKAREA no te UKI ki mua. Cook Islands. WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T. PROGRESS TO DATE…. JICA-SPREP SOLID WASTE MANGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM COUNTRIES SENIOR WASTE MANAGERS Apia SAMOA : 5-9 Nov 2007.

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WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T

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  1. WASTEMANAGEMENT Tuanga Kopaeanaga Repo Akono i to tatou IPUKAREA no te UKI ki mua Cook Islands

  2. WASTEMANAGEMENT PROGRESS TO DATE… JICA-SPREP SOLID WASTE MANGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM COUNTRIES SENIOR WASTE MANAGERS Apia SAMOA : 5-9 Nov 2007

  3. Rarotonga Waste Facility • Waste Management Project • Co funded CI Government & loan ADB • Built in 2004

  4. Recycling Centre

  5. WHAT DO WE DO @ THE RECYCLING CENTRE? • ALUMINIUM CANS • Soft drink, beer cans etc • Crushed into 12kg bales • Each bale contains a 1000 cans • Bales are sold to a company in NZ for recovery of aluminium

  6. WHAT DO WE DO @ THE RECYCLING CENTRE? • PLASTIC BOTTLES • Grade & plastic bottles e.g. coca cola, sprite, fanta, powerade, water bottle etc • Please remove lids & rinse bottles • Sorted by color & crushed into 20kg bales • Bales are sold to a company in NZ for reprocessing into new products

  7. WHAT DO WE DO @ THE RECYCLING CENTRE? • GLASS BOTTLES • Recycle all glass bottles & jars • Glass is stockpiled & crushed with a digger & used as a substitute for cover soil in the landfill • Some bottles are reused for bottling beer such as COOKS LAGER

  8. Sewage Treatment Ponds

  9. Landfill

  10. Design Life = 15 years Design Volume = 80,000m3 Landfill Age = 2.5 years Fill Volume to date = 14,000m3 Remaining Volume = 66,000m3 Remaining Life span = 12 years Landfill Completed

  11. COLLECTION & DISPOSAL • T & M Heather Ltd under contract to MOW collects household rubbish once a week • Household rubbish is placed in the compactor truck • Recyclables such as glass bottles, plastic bottles & aluminium cans are placed in the trailer

  12. Progress as per Regional Strategic Plan • National Waste Strategy • Completed in 2004 as part Waste Management Project • Economic Instruments • Minimum progress by way of levy on products • Implement user pay system • Cost effective waste management • Premature stages of determining most cost effective methodologies • Waste Minimisation • Joint venture with National Environment Services (NES) promote awareness campaign • Communication, data & analysis • Dissemination of information through NES • RWF Database

  13. Difficult Wastes - Cars • Recycle Cook Islands Ltd • Truck/car bodies • Corrugated roofing iron • Ferrous & Non-ferrous metals • Batteries • Fridges/ovens/washing machines • Bales are exported overseas for recovery

  14. Difficult Wastes – Plastic Packaging • Plastic shrink wrap • Cardboard paper • Office paper • Magazines • Baled and exported overseas for reprocessing

  15. Progress as per Regional Strategic Plan • Difficult wastes – asbestos • 500 tons sea burial • Remaining asbestos • Capacity Building • Limited human resources • Waste Management on atolls • Legislation & enforcement • Environment Act 2003 • Public Health Act 2004

  16. OUR FUTURE IS DETERMINED BY OUR ACTIONS TODAY

  17. Tei toou rima te mekameka o te Basileia

  18. WHAT ABOUT GREEN WASTES? • Can be readily composted at home • Decomposes naturally to harmless products • Can’t afford to use up valuable space in the landfill

  19. WHAT ABOUT FOOD SCRAPS? • Feed to the pigs • Mix in with garden compost • Bury People are encouraged not to mix food scraps with householdrubbish

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