The way ahead: an assessment of waste problems for the Buada community, and strategies toward community waste reduction in Nauru

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The way ahead: an assessment of waste problems for the Buada community, and strategies toward community waste reduction in Nauru

This report is the result of a visit to Nauru of 21 days from 14th November to 5th Dec 2003.

In May 2003 Buada Community had been chosen as the International Waters Programme Pilot Project,

to implement a community-based waste reduction pilot project. There were two main areas of interest

for this visit: to identify the baseline situation regarding waste in Buada Community, and to determine

the current situation on Nauru with regard to the legal and institutional responsibility for dealing with

community waste. Thus this report is divided into two parts: Part A details work associated

specifically with the Buada Pilot Area, and Part B details applicable legislation, and the current

situation regarding who is doing what in terms of waste collection on Nauru.

The original Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the IW in the Pacific Islands Region clearly stated that

there were information gaps in data on1:

• Current and projected waste volumes;
• Sources, pathways and impacts of pollution on waters.

This document contains information that goes some way to addressing those information gaps in

relation to freshwater sources on Nauru Island.