KwajaleinAtollLocalGovernment KwajaleinAtollSolidWasteManagementPlan 2019–2028 (ActionPlan:2019Ͳ2023) Acknowledgements Kwajalein Atoll is indebted to the accomplishment and endeavor of all those who contributedtothedevelopmentofthe“KwajaleinAtollSolidWasteManagementPlan” (2019Ͳ2028)and“ActionPlan”(2019Ͳ2023).TheKwajaleinAtollLeadership,onbehalfof the people and the Kwajalein Atoll Local Government (KALGOV); duly express our utmostgratitudetotheExpertsfromtheJapaneseTechnicalCooperationProjectIIfor thePromotionofRegionalInitiativesonSolidWasteManagementStrategyinthePacific IslandCountries(JͲPRISMII). The People of Kwajalein would like to express its overwhelming appreciation to the JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA),andlocalofficeJICAMICRONESIA,andin particular to JͲPRISM II; the Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Program (SPREP);andtheOverseasDevelopmentAssistanceoftheEmbassyofJapan,fortheir continuing logistical, financial and professional interventions and collaborations for a “CleanerPacific”forourChildren. ϸ Foreword Solidwastemanagementisamajorundertaking.Beingthelargestatollintheworld, Kwajalein is comprised of 97 islets with 8 islands inhabited.Ebeye Island has a populationofalmost10,000peopleandEnniburbeingthesecondofabout2,000.The geographical layout between both islands alone is a major challenge logistically and financiallyinregardstowastemanagement. Forthepresentandfuturegenerations,solidwastemanagementwillcontinuetobean ever increasing “CrossͲBearing” endeavor for Kwajalein to subsist.This document generouslygiftedbyJapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA);theKwajaleinAtoll Solid Waste Management Plan and Action Plan will offer KALGOV potential resolves evolvingthroughwastemanagementandfacingthischallengeheadon. TheambitionandexpectationforaCleanerPacificandaPristineKwajalein,ourpeople willtakeoneffortsguidedbythisSolidWasteManagementPlanͲbeginningnowand moving into the future. Our Island is our Language, our Custom and our Very Existence.“AelonKeinadejKajineoad,ManiteoadimMoureoad”. KALGOV will continue to support the Cleaner Pacific Movement coinciding with the RepublicoftheMarshallIslands(RMI)bycontinuingtoapplythe3Rs:REDUCE,REUSE ANDRECYCLE. ________________________________________ _________________________ HonorableMayorHirataJ.Kabua Date KwajaleinAtollLocalGovernment Kwajalein,RepublicoftheMarshallIslands Ϲ TableofContents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................I FOREWORD.............................................................................................II TABLEOFCONTENTS..............................................................................III EXECUTIVESUMMARY...........................................................................VII 1. FORMULATIONOFSOLIDWASTEMANAGEMENTPLANFOREBEYE (SWMPͲE)................................................................................................1 1.1. OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................1 1.2. STRUCTUREOFSWMP ......................................................................................................1 PARTONE:CURRENTSWMSITUATION....................................................2 2. CURRENTSITUATIONANDISSUES.......................................................2 2.1. GENERALINFORMATION.....................................................................................................2 2.1.1. GEOGRAPHY........................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.2. POPULATION.......................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.3. ADMINISTRATION.................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.4. LANDOWNERSHIP.................................................................................................................. 3 2.1.5. ECONOMICSITUATION............................................................................................................. 4 2.2. CURRENTSITUATIONONSOLIDWASTEMANAGEMENT .............................................................4 2.2.1. OVERVIEWOFSWMFROMTHEPOINTOFVIEWOFWASTEFLOW..................................................4 2.2.2. TECHNICALSITUATIONOFSWM...............................................................................................5 2.2.3. INSTITUTIONALSITUATIONOFSWM........................................................................................16 2.2.4. FINANCIALSITUATIONOFSWM..............................................................................................18 2.3. MAJORCHARACTERISTICSOFSWMINEBEYE ....................................................................... 19 2.3.1. WASTEGENERATION............................................................................................................. 19 2.3.2. WASTEDISCHARGE............................................................................................................... 19 2.3.3. WASTECOLLECTIONSYSTEM..................................................................................................20 2.3.4. CDLSYSTEM........................................................................................................................ 20 2.3.5. MANAGEMENTOFTHEPUBLICDISPOSALSITE...........................................................................20 2.3.6. MAINTENANCEOFWASTECOLLECTIONSERVICE........................................................................20 2.3.7. INSTITUTIONALSETTINGS.......................................................................................................20 Ϻ PARTTWO:STRATEGICPLANNING.........................................................21 3. THESOLIDWASTEMANAGEMENTPLANFOREBEYE(SWMPͲE)..........21 3.1. BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 21 3.2. PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................... 21 3.3. VISION ........................................................................................................................ 21 3.4. SCOPE ......................................................................................................................... 21 3.5. GUIDINGPRINCIPLES ...................................................................................................... 21 3.6. SWMISSUESTARGETEDUNDERTHESWMPͲE .................................................................... 22 ISSUE1:WASTEREDUCTIONANDRECYCLINGTHROUGHTHECDLPROGRAM..............................................22 ISSUE2:IMPROVEMENTOFTHECURRENTFINALDISPOSALSITE................................................................23 ISSUE3:MAINTENANCEOFCOLLECTIONSERVICE...................................................................................23 ISSUE4:FINANCIALSUSTAINABILITYWITHSOUNDINSTITUTIONALSETTING.................................................23 3.7. KEYSTRATEGICACTIONSANDTIMEFRAME ......................................................................... 23 3.7.1. KEYSTRATEGICACTIONS........................................................................................................23 3.7.2. TIMEFRAME........................................................................................................................ 24 3.8. TARGET ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.8.1. SETTINGFUTURETARGETS.....................................................................................................25 3.8.2. FUTUREWASTEFLOW..........................................................................................................26 3.8.3. SETTINGTHEPLANNINGINDICES.............................................................................................28 4. ACTIONPLAN....................................................................................32 4.1. COMPONENT1䠖INTRODUCTIONOFCDLPROGRAM ............................................................... 32 4.1.1. NECESSARYACTIVITIES..........................................................................................................32 4.1.2. IMPLEMENTATIONSCHEDULE.................................................................................................32 4.1.3. IMPLEMENTATIONBUDGET....................................................................................................33 4.2. COMPONENT2:IMPROVEMENTOFTHEFINALDISPOSALSITE .................................................... 33 4.2.1. NECESSARYACTIVITIES..........................................................................................................33 4.2.2. IMPLEMENTATIONSCHEDULE.................................................................................................34 4.2.3. IMPLEMENTATIONBUDGET....................................................................................................34 4.3. COMPONENT3:MAINTENANCEOFWASTECOLLECTIONSERVICES ............................................. 34 4.3.1. NECESSARYACTIVITIES..........................................................................................................34 4.3.2. IMPLEMENTATIONSCHEDULE.................................................................................................35 4.3.3. IMPLEMENTATIONBUDGET....................................................................................................35