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




