The Department of Environment had launched their website recently at the Tanoa Plaza. This new look website aims to focus more on the Waste and Pollution Control, Environmental Impact Assessment, Resource Management and Climate Change in Fiji. There are also preventive measures listed on the website from which people could take heed to and keep our country from harms way. …Read More
Keep Fiji Beautiful trusts that every individual is responsible for maintaining and protecting our environment. Our daily actions and choices bring about a great deal of impact on our world today. It’s really an understandable concept, but one with further reaching effects. KFB follows a realistic approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find answer… Read more
“Three R’s,” a two year pilot to work with local communities to learn to ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ their waste.
The 3R’s project is a small start of a big problem – the reduction of waste in the communities of Lautoka and Nadi…Read more
Government endorses Litter Decree in 2010 to reduce and eliminate littering…
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When it comes to solid waste management the 3R’s can be defined as such:
Reduce is to prevent or reduce waste generation at the source by buying fewer or longer lasting products [waste prevention] or by promoting recycling or composting [waste reduction]. One example of waste prevention is to reduce the amount of plastic packaging by using used paper instead, … Read more
The National Capacity Self Assessment is aimed at determining national capacity requirements and defining national capacity needs and priorities under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The main output of the … Read more
These Regulations replace the Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations 2000 which have become outdated in a number of respects. Clarify the nature of the qualifications for obtaining a licence or permit Increase the period of a licence or permit to 3 years Increase the fees. Provide for late renewal fee of $50. Provide for waiver of fees in public interest
Add provisions… Read more
There are various sources of air pollution in Fiji which include (in order of the gravity of the problem): Vehicle emissions Open Burning – Burning of dumpsites and Backyard burning or burning of household waste (domestic) Industrial emissions Agricultural burning Incinerators Cooking in open stoves (wooden stoves) Emissions from shipping vessels Dust from… Read more
If you want to register a new business or renew your business licence with Suva City Council, YOU will need to obtain a: