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When products containing asbestos are damaged and become degraded over time, asbestos fibres are exposed disease may become airborne. Health risks are exacerbated in natural disasters, with destructive cyclones damaging products such as asbestos roofing and cladding, an issue of increasing concern as the impacts of climate change are experienced across the region.

The management and disposal pf asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACM) is an ongoing concern in the Pacific region. In seeking to improve the ways that asbestos and asbestos containing materials are managed, our project focus is to prevent exposure to asbestos in order to eliminate asbestos related diseases.

Kokusai Kogyo Company Limited (KKCL), the client, has engaged SCOPE Pacific (SPL) to conduct the Waste & Composition Survey (WACS) as part of The Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries Phase 2 This report included the following:  pre-survey questionnaire to collect basic household data, concerns and perceived disposal patterns.  Waste collection, segregation & weighing  Data analysis The purpose of the study was to obtain household solid waste data of present amount and composition from participants in the two cities in The Republic of Fiji Islands - Suva and Lautoka. The results of the survey are to be used by the client to understand the waste flows in both Suva and Lautoka; and to use as a nationwide baseline for household solid waste flows.

Promote the sustainable use of resources, including energy, water and raw materials. Avoid or minimize adverse impacts on human health and the environment caused by pollution from project activities.

the 4 main strategies that are applicable to all environmental impacts: - Avoid: change location/design/technology - Minimize: abatement controls - Restore: re-instate ecosystem - Compensate - restoration offsets

Develop and deliver regional project focusing on - hazardous waste (asbestos management, e-waste, healthcare waste), Solid waste (recyclables, organics, bulky waste, disaster waste) and Wastewater

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries

It was the return in significant numbers of larger marine animals - dolphins and turtles. Dugongs have not been see in the area foe decades, which was hardly surprising given that their diet of seagrass was impossible to find due to decades of pollution, particularly nitrogen from agricultural runoff

To support the goal of the Alliance to promote lead paint laws, the planned outcome of the lead in paint component is for 40 countries to legislate and implement legislation to restrict the use of lead paint and for at least 30 small and medium enterprises (SME) paint manufactures in seven countries to phase out lead from their production processes.

Sound waste and pollution management is an urgent priority for our Pacific Island leaders – ours here at SPREP is just to “Make it Happen.”