Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in Kiribati

This assessment provides the broad findings of the research and investigation undertaken by the UoM team in relation to Kiribati. It 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.
• 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 outcome