CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Organisation of Jap Caribbean States (OECS) Fee Wednesday stated the brand new waste characterization reviews for Dominica and Grenada are crucial for tailoring the “Recycle OECS Mannequin” framework to the waste panorama within the two nations.
Dominica and Grenada had been chosen to implement mannequin demonstration initiatives, paving the way in which for the remainder of the OECS Waste Administration sector within the nine-member sub-regional grouping.
The Fee stated that the Waste Characterisation train couldn’t have been extra pressing for Dominica, as plastic utilization traits have considerably altered the waste panorama from 2002 when the Dominica Stable Waste Administration Company (DSWMC) final carried out a waste examine.
It stated that between July 22 and 28 final 12 months, the DSWMC carried out a twin waste classification train overlaying co-mingled municipal strong waste and source-separated recyclable packaging waste on the Fond Cole Sanitary Landfill Website.
It additionally sought to determine the sub-categories of plastics throughout the waste stream and assess the potential for recycling beneath the Recycle OECS initiative.
In accordance with the 2023 Examine report, plastics comprise 24 % of Dominica’s strong waste stream, with movie plastics being the dominant element at 53 %.
“Plastics rank second to organics, at 29 %, adopted by paper and paperboard at 17 %. Inside the Recycle OECS challenge’s deal with PET and HDPE plastics, an in depth breakdown reveals movie plastics at 53 %, Clear PET at 24 %, Different plastics at 15 %, and HDPE containers at eight %”.
The Fee stated that though Dominica stands out as the one member state within the area with a devoted curbside assortment system for recyclables, the findings reveal restricted participation of residents within the island’s curbside recycling assortment initiative.
The examine discovered some consistency within the waste composition hierarchy between the 2023 and 2002 research. Nonetheless, there are notable modifications, together with a lower in organics (45 to 24 %) and a rise in plastics (16 to 24 %).
“These shifts underscore evolving waste patterns influenced by international traits in manufacturing and consumption.”
From August 21 – 25, final 12 months, the Grenada Waste Characterization Train targeted on understanding plastic waste composition inside Grenada’s municipal strong waste stream. The findings reveal that plastic waste constitutes 18 % of the entire waste sampled, with movie plastics as a major contributor, constituting 47 % of the plastic waste, adopted by different plastics at 16 %, clear PET containers at 15 %, and HDPE containers at 13 %.
“Grenada’s plastic waste for the earlier 12 months was roughly 7,235 tonnes.
A direct comparability between Grenada and Dominica reveals placing similarities in plastic waste composition. Each member states share movie plastics because the dominant element, reflecting on a regular basis financial actions, tourism influences, and reliance on plastic-packaged imported items,” the Fee stated.
It stated when in comparison with the opposite Recycle OECS collaborating member states, specifically St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica’s plastic composition at 24 % showcases similarities with St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
“Grenada’s plastic waste composition is comparatively decrease at 18 %. Nonetheless, the plastic waste technology of all 4 territories is relatively greater than the worldwide common for upper-middle-income nations, emphasizing the widespread problem of plastic waste within the area.
“The findings from Grenada and Dominica’s waste characterization research have far-reaching implications for the OECS area and past. Notably, each nations surpass international averages of 12 %. They each exceed the typical for different upper-middle-income nations the place plastic waste constitutes 11 %, shedding mild on the challenges small island growing states face,” the Fee added.
Grenada and Dominica have embraced a collaborative “twinning” association involving data alternate, analysis and knowledge sharing, doable useful resource pooling, a joint strategy for public schooling and consciousness, and energetic collaboration throughout challenge implementation.
The objective is to develop a replicable mannequin that may be simply tailored to go well with the circumstances of different OECS member states and doc a case examine for Small Island Creating States (SIDS).
Recycle OECS is funded by the European Union beneath the EU-Caribbean partnership for cooperation within the discipline of round financial system and strong waste administration and applied by the OECS Fee in collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
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