PPT-Waste Management in Tonga

Ministry of Meteorology Energy Information Disaster Management Environment Climate Change and Communications MEIDECC Outline Management of Waste Challenges and Limitations Way Forward TSDF II. Decentralised Waste Management. Decentralised waste management is about each community managing and processing their waste in their locality and not sending it all to a centralised large processing facility or often a landfill.. Anna Lazzarinetti, ITU. ITU Training on “Green ICT Standards”, 11 July 2014. E-waste management . E-waste definition;. Scope . for regulation and . standardization;. Principles . underlying e-waste . Recycle. The average American creates . 5. pounds of waste per day, half which is recycled in some manner, leaving roughly . 2.5. pounds of waste per day. . The ultimate goal of waste management is to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills to the absolute minimum through recycling and/or reuse of all suitable materials. . By . H. ailie. . and . B. ridget . Land of . T. onga. Did you know that. . F. onusfo`ou. . is the strangest. . island because it went under the ocean 5 times 120 years ago.. The king. 2. .. . T. TONGA Tonga. A Situation Analysis of Children, Women and Youth.UNICEF Pacific Ofiice, Fiji. 2006Copies of this publication are available fromUnited Nations Childrens Fund3rd & 5th Floors, FDB Buildin Recycle. The average American creates . 5. pounds of waste per day, half which is recycled in some manner, leaving roughly . 2.5. pounds of waste per day. . The ultimate goal of waste management is to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills to the absolute minimum through recycling and/or reuse of all suitable materials. . Background on Tonga. Tonga’s population: 103,252. 73% live on main island.. Proportion <. 15yo- 38,457 (37.2%) . Vaiola. is the one main hospital for the kingdom. We have ~120 admissions per month to our paediatric ward. Satish Sinha . History of medical waste. Medical Waste Tracking Act in US. I Draft Rules in India–1995. Final Rules in 1998, 2 amendments and 5 guidelines. Evolution of Rules and Practices through National Experiences. Satish Sinha . History of medical waste. Medical Waste Tracking Act in US. I Draft Rules in India–1995. Final Rules in 1998, 2 amendments and 5 guidelines. Evolution of Rules and Practices through National Experiences. INTEGRAL PART OF RELIEF MEASURES. . CAPT G RAVI ( INDIAN NAVY). OFFICER-IN-CHARGE , NBCD SCHOOL . INS SHIVAJI,LONAVALA. WASTE MANAGEMENT & DISPOSAL SERVICES. INTEGRAL PART OF RELIEF MEASURES. Quarantine Quality Management Division. Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forest and Fisheries. Vuna. Road. Nuku’alofa. Kingdom of Tonga. Tel: 646 (24-257). 646 (24-922). Email: . maf-ento@kalianet.to. , . Waste Treatment . & . Waste disposal methods, Pollution Control. www.entrepreneurindia.co. . Introduction. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is a distinct practice from resource recovery which focuses on delaying the rate of consumption of natural resources. . It is defined as. Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, junk) is any unwanted or useless materials.. OR. Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted and “A useless or profile less activity using or expanding or consuming thoughtlessly or carefully.”. Satish Sinha . History of medical waste. Medical Waste Tracking Act in US. I Draft Rules in India–1995. Final Rules in 1998, 2 amendments and 5 guidelines. Evolution of Rules and Practices through National Experiences.