Summary:
Small island developing States, with the necessary support of the international community to:
(a) Form regional partnerships to draw on best practices and develop innovative solutions to waste management;
(b) Work to strengthen the control of the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes especially through the enhancement of activities under the Basel Convention and, where it applies, the Waigani Convention;
(c) Promote sustainable waste management, including:
(i) Identifying cost -effective and environmentally sound waste management
systems;
(ii) Exploring and engaging in innovative forms of financing of waste management infrastructure , including the creation of appropriate national environmental trust funds;
(iii) Promoting reduction, reuse and recycling of waste and waste management
initiatives;
(iv) Developing projects appropriate to small island developing States for the use of waste as a resource, including for the production of energy as a waste management solution;
(d) Promote national, regional and international cooperation to reduce the quantity of waste disposed of at sea, including by working with others in the international community to strengthen regimes relating to the disposal of waste at sea, particularly those regimes established by the International Maritime Organization, the London (Dumping) Convention and the International Atomic Energy Agency
(a) Form regional partnerships to draw on best practices and develop innovative solutions to waste management;
(b) Work to strengthen the control of the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes especially through the enhancement of activities under the Basel Convention and, where it applies, the Waigani Convention;
(c) Promote sustainable waste management, including:
(i) Identifying cost -effective and environmentally sound waste management
systems;
(ii) Exploring and engaging in innovative forms of financing of waste management infrastructure , including the creation of appropriate national environmental trust funds;
(iii) Promoting reduction, reuse and recycling of waste and waste management
initiatives;
(iv) Developing projects appropriate to small island developing States for the use of waste as a resource, including for the production of energy as a waste management solution;
(d) Promote national, regional and international cooperation to reduce the quantity of waste disposed of at sea, including by working with others in the international community to strengthen regimes relating to the disposal of waste at sea, particularly those regimes established by the International Maritime Organization, the London (Dumping) Convention and the International Atomic Energy Agency