National Solid Waste Management Policy (2015)

National Solid Waste Management Policy (2015) states the following:

  • Implement the 3R concept in Maldives in order to reduce waste
  • Identify ways to aware people at all level about proper waste management
  • Assign the Ministry of Environment as the regulatory body that overseas all works related to waste management and establish waste management systems in all islands
  • Establish a plan to manage waste in all the islands and implement the waste management plan
  • Establish legal framework and ensure effective implementation of the framework
  • Review the regulation regarding management of clinical, infectious and dangerous/ hazardous waste and implement this regulation
  • Keep a statistical record of waste at island and national level and disseminate this information
  • Establish environmentally sound waste management systems in inhabited islands accordingly and provide required resources
  • Conduct trainings for best waste management practices and continue to do in a sustainable manner
  • Conduct and update accordingly, the inventory of the waste management systems in inhabited islands
  • Establish regional waste management facilities and make necessary arrangements to transfer and manage excess waste from those islands to regional waste management facilities
  • Conduct research on latest waste management technologies
  • Encourage industrial islands to develop waste management plans, and monitor its progress
  • Establish a national waste management trust fund