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Technical Cooperation Projects

"Waste Minimization and Recycling Promotion Project" (3R)

Project Background:

photoLautoka Landfill (Vunato Dump Site) One of 3R project site

For small island countries in the Pacific region, including the Republic of the Fiji Islands, soild waste management has become a major concern with the potential to cause negative impacts on national development activities, including tourism and trade, food supplies, public health and the environment. Waste materials represent a loss of money and opportunity, in terms of added cost of management and lost potential as a reusable resource. Poorly managed waste can have negative effects on tourism, by jeopardizing the image of "Pacific Paradise" promoted by Fiji.

As the change of lifestyle of the people, Fiji has been heavily dependent on goods and materials imported from industrialized countries. It is however, very difficult to recycle those materials and goods because of the geographical isolation and uneconomically small size of the recycle market in the country.

However, on the account of lack of national and local capacity, the Government of Fiji requested the Government of Japan for technical Cooperation for promoting 3R concept. Responding to the request, JICA dispatched the detailed planning survey team to Fiji in November 2007 and agreed on the contents of the Project signing on the "Record of Discussion" in July 2008, which stipulated the framework of the Project. The Project was started from October 2008 for the period of three years and six months.

In order to develop a model for Fiji, the Project introduced a new interpretation of the 3R concept for small island countries as "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle/Return," adding the word "Return (for recycle)" to the conventional definition of 3R.

Project Period:
October 2008 – March 2012.

Project Budget:
280 million Yen (approximately: FJ$6 million)

Target Areas:
Lautoka City and Nadi Town

Target Group:
Residents of Lautoka City and Nadi Town.

Overall Goal of the Project:
3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle/Return) is Progressed in Fiji, mainly in Western Division.

Project Purpose:
Capacity of 3R (reduce, Reuse, Recycle/Return) of Department of Environment (DOE), Lautoka City and Nadi Town is increased through developing 3R model for Fiji.

Expected Outputs:

  1. 1. Solid Waste Management Master Plan Focusing on 3R are developed respectively in Lautoka City and Nadi Town.
  2. Lautoka City and Nadi Town obtain the capacity for proper Solid Waste Management (SWM) through the implementation of Pilot Project.
  3. Lautoka City and Nadi Town obtain the capacity for 3R promotion activities at whole area of Lautoka City and Nadi Town.
  4. Awareness of residents in City and Nadi Town is raised through implementation of environmental education activities on 3R promotion.
  5. 3R model for Fiji is developed and recommended.

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JICA has been working on the improvement of solid waste management in collaboration with the Lautoka City Council (LCC) and Nadi Town Council (NTC) since October 2008. The Waste Minimization and Recycling Promotion Project which promotes the 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) concept is carried out by the residents of Lautoka and Nadi in collaboration with the local municipalities.

Overall, the Project aims to see that the 3R concept is progressed in all of Nadi and Lautoka by developing solid waste management plans focusing on 3R, and raising awareness of residents in Lautoka and Nadi through 3R environmental education activities.

The 3R model for this project was adopted from Shibushi City in Kagoshima Japan, known as one of the most successful 3R cities in Japan. The LCC and NTC are implementing this same concept to improve solid waste management in the Western Division.

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