Pathway to enhancing waste management at the Etas Bouffa Landfill through effective waste and pollution monitoring, control, segregation and capacity building to meet Vanuatu’s reporting obligations and maintain Vanuatu’s pristine nature.
Pathway to enhancing waste management at the Etas Bouffa Landfill through effective waste and pollution monitoring, control, segregation and capacity building to meet Vanuatu’s reporting obligations and maintain Vanuatu’s pristine nature.
Description
Description:
Description of Project: The proposed project is an initiative of the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) under the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), to enhance waste management at the Bouffa Landfill. Bouffa landfill is managed by the Port Vila City Council (PVCC) that is under the Department of Local Authorities (DLA). This proposal seeks the support of the GCF Framework to:
Key Activities and Implementation: There are only four key activities of the project:
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Objectives:
Objectives of The Project
There are four (4) objectives of the project:
Enhance waste data monitoring & reporting: Procurement of the landfill weighbridge to support monitoring and data collection in waste management, currently all records are estimated and manually registered. The installation of a weighbridge will allow us to digitize our monitoring and data collection.
Strengthen DEPC mandate on Institutional & human resource capacity at the landfill: The establishment of an office at the landfill to complement the installation of the weighbridge.
Financial support for institutional strengthening and capacity building: A budget for data management officer and a maintenance officer who will be stationed at the office to oversee the data collection and maintenance of the weighbridge respectively.
Secure & control access to the landfill: The fencing of the landfill is a longstanding issue, fencing the premises will reduce the number of unauthorized vehicles and persons from entering. At the same time enforcing waste collection businesses and also opportunity to formalize waste pickers to segregate incoming waste.
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Start Date:
Friday, January 1, 2021
End Date:
Wednesday, January 1, 2025