This publication presents the 2021-2031 strategic plan of the Solomon Islands Recyclers and Waste Management Association (SIRWMA). The strategy focuses on the overall vision of achieving a cleaner Solomon Islands through an active participation from private sector entities on waste management, and presents the implementation plan for the first five-year period with a focus on:
- Strengthening SIRWMA`s technical and financial capacity.
- Promoting private sector engagement in implementing appropriate and applicable waste practices, approaches, systems and technologies that are suitable to conditions on the Solomon Islands to promote waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
- Policy and regulatory mechanisms to support the introduction and implementation of best waste practices, such as promotion of EPR, container deposit system or advance recycling fee, advance disposal fee for hazardous items that may need shipment overseas for proper disposal if beyond the private sector`s capacity.
- Awareness raising with collaboration with the Solomon Islands' Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology on waste reduction, reuse, recycling and the proper treatment and disposal of waste.
- Research on the management of waste with special focus on waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal of waste.
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