Waste management in Australia and the Pacific Islands
Waste management is a key environmental issue for many countries and particularly for small island communities with limited land areas. Research in this area has focussed on methods for assessing the types, sources and quantities of wastes (Storrs et al, 1996; Morrison and Munro, 1999), including hazardous wastes (Brodie and Morrison, 1984; Morrison et al, 1996) and on developing possible technologies for reducing the amounts of waste produced. Reuse of wastes and the treatment of waste to provide a useable resource have also been investigated (Dixon et al, 1996; Pickup et al, 2000), with appropriate technologies being developed for on-site assessment. Several projects have led to the development of national waste management policies and plans for Pacific Island countries, with the intention of having these funded as part of major aid programs.
References
J.E. Brodie, R.J. Morrison, 1984. The disposal of hazardous wastes in the Pacific islands. Ambio, 13, 331-333.
R.J. Morrison, P. Gangaiya and K. Koshy, 1996. Contaminated soils in the South Pacific Islands. In: R. Naidu, R.S. Kookana, D.P. Oliver, S. Rogers, M.J. McLaughlin (Editors)Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia - Pacific Region. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp 659-675.
R. Storrs, R.J. Morrison and L. Dunstan, 1996. Waste stream characterisation in Wollongong: Findings and problems. Waste Disposal and Water Management in Australia, 23(1), 19-21
Kaye Dixon, G. Elliott, K Western and R.J. Morrison, 1996. Assessment of phosphorus dynamics in a soil amended with sewage sludge. In: N. Uren et al (Editors) Soil Science: Raising the Profile (Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Soils Conference 1996, Melbourne), Vol. 2, 65-66.
R.J. Morrison and A.J. Munro, 1999. Waste management in small island developing states of the South Pacific: An overview. Aust. J. Envir. Management, 6, 232-246.
M. Pickup, I. Kreis and R.J. Morrison, 2000. A Review of the Possible Impacts of using Treated Sewage Effleunt as Stock Drinking Water on Dairy Farms. Working Papers Series No. 1/2000, Environment Research Institute, University of Wollongong, 108 p + Appendices.
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