Waste management issues in Kiribati are governed under general environmental and public health legislation; there is no specific legislation for waste management.
This assessment, therefore, provides:
- A stocktake of the existing legislative environment for waste management in Kiribati, focusing on the PacWastePlus priority waste streams of healthcare waste, asbestos, e-waste, recyclables, organics, disaster waste, bulky waste and wastewater, as well as plastic waste, and including implementing legislation for the following multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs): Waigani, Basel, Stockholm, Rotterdam, and Minamata.
- A stocktake of pipeline legislative initiatives in Kiribati, including an assessment of their impact and approximate timeframe for development.
- An assessment of the legislative framework and its relevance to the PacWastePlus programme focus waste streams and plastic waste.
- An assessment of the capacity of Kiribati’s government to enact the instruments included in the legislative framework.
- Options for strengthening the legislative framework for the Government of Kiribati to deliver its desired waste management outcomes.