• The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is working with the European Union’s Delegation to the Pacific, and 14 Pacific Island Countries and Timor-Leste to undertake the PacWaste Plus Programme which seeks to improve and enhance waste management activities and the capacity of governments, industry, and communities to manage waste to reduce the impact on human health and the environment.

      PacWaste Plus seeks to generate improved economic, social, health and environmental benefits for Pacific Island Countries arising from stronger regional economic integration and the sustainable management of natural resources and the environment. The programme activities will be designed to assist Countries to ensure the safe and sustainable management of waste with due regard for the conservation of biodiversity, reduction of marine litter, health and well-being of Pacific Island communities, and climate change mitigation and adaptation requirements.

      Activities for PacWaste Plus will focus on targeted priority waste streams which are: hazardous wastes (specifically asbestos, E-waste and healthcare waste); solid wastes (specifically recyclables, or- ganic waste, disaster waste and bulky waste); and related aspects of wastewater (water impacted by solid waste).

      Countries participating in the PacWaste Plus Programme are: Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

  • Legislative Strengthening

  • Disaster Waste Management

  • Asbestos management

  • End of Life Tyre Management

  • Project Management

  • Organics Management

  • Sustainable Financing

  • Waste Audit Methodology

  • Waste Technology Management

  • Healthcare Waste Management