ABSTRACT
[Executive Summary] St. Lucia is an independent country within the British Commonwealth. The country is a member of the OECS and is located in the south central portion of the Caribbean between Martinique and St. Vincent. The solid waste management system falls under the St. Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority, a semiautonomous body under the Ministry of Planning. The solid waste disposal system has been largely privatized with only the operation of the Vieux Fort disposal site currently under direct SLSWMA control. Solid waste disposal is to the new Deglos secure landfill (75%) and the older Vieux Fort controlled landfill (25%). The Deglos site was financed under the WB/CDB solid waste initiatives as were improvements to the Vieux Fort site. St. Lucia has a minimal legal framework for the solid waste management system. Despite the apparent dissatisfaction with the Solid waste Management Act (1996) and the failure to pass an equivalent ship generated waste act or to develop a regulatory framework, SLSWMA continues to function both smoothly and well. The major strength of the system lies in the strong administrative staff of SLSWMA and the firm direction provided. This administrative strength has permitted the development of a fully equitable collection and disposal system of high quality. Equally impressive is the intimate knowledge of the detailed operation of the system that is displayed by senior management. The grasp of financial affairs is particularly good.
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Solid Waste , Solid Waste Processing , Solid Waste Storage , Caribbean Region , Saint LuciaABSTRACT
States that the methodology adopted for undertaking this analysis is to consider the status of environmental health problems by analysing the performance of the various institutions responsible for administering environmental health problems
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Environmental Health , Environmental Policy , Health Planning , Economic DevelopmentABSTRACT
States that the methodology adopted for undertaking this analysis is to consider the status of environmental health problems by analysing the performance of the various institutions responsible for administering environmental health problems (AU)
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Health Planning , Environmental Policy , Environmental Health , Economic Development , Saint LuciaSubject(s)
Electric Wiring , Electricity , Vulnerability Analysis , Damage Assessment , Caribbean RegionABSTRACT
As part of activities included in a CEHI/CARICOM/UNDP Regional Sewage Disposal Studies Project, two workshops on the Establishment of Effluent Guidelines and Standards in CARICOM/CEHI Member States were convened in Trinidad and Jamaica from December 3-5 and 7-9, 1992. These two workshops were a follow up to a two-day workshop on the Technological and Policy Implications of Effluent and Ambient Guidelines in the Caribbean, held in CEHI in St. Lucia from 5-6 June 1991. These workshops were convened to address four immediate objectives of the Project in a broad sense: 1) to develop technology based effluent standards and guidelines for sewage effluent disposed of in Caribbean waters; 2) to formulate technological options for sewage and sewage sludge collection, treatment and disposal; 3) to assist in the rehabilitation and improvement in the operation of treatment facilities; 4) to develop water quality standards for beaches
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Industrial Waste , Waste Disposal, Fluid , Wastewater , Jamaica , Trinidad and TobagoABSTRACT
Shows the development of library disaster management in the menbers states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) since Hurricane Hugo. A case study of Montserrat compares disaster management before and after Hugo at both national and library level. Relates Montserrat's experience to the OECS. Presents recommendations and guidelines for library disaster management
