Hi there everyone,
I am Roselyn from Vanuatu. I am looking forward to participate in the PacWaste Plus and GEF Islands Study Tour soon in Australia.
In Vanuatu, JICA has initiated a Recycling scheme and is working with the DEPC team to establish in Vanuatu. The scheme is proposed to be a Container Deposit Scheme (CDS)for Recyclable beverage containers. A certain amount of deposit is to be paid by importers importing the selected beverage containers agreed to be part of the scheme. The deposits are to be paid before the beverages are released to the importer into an account which is not part of the government's finance system and is to be managed by a managing agency composed of government, private businesses and other relevant agencies.
The status of this initiative is at the draft drafting instructions for submission to the State Law Office (SLO).

I would very much like to learn
- how the schemes are done in Australia and how we can use the knowledge and apply to our own contexts
- from the experiences of other island countries who have started theirs and identify the differences between Australia's and theirs
- the factors that contribute to determining the deposit for different types of recyclable materials such as uLABs, other types of batteries including for solar, e-waste, refrigerators and air-conditioners, end of life vehicles.
- whether there can be just one or two regulation that can link all recyclable schemes instead of having one for each type /types of material
See you all soon.
See you all soon.