A Collaborative Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Project: Recycling Bins and Glass Crusher
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- A Collaborative Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Project: Recycling Bins and Glass Crusher
- General overview
- Intervention
- Location
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
- A Collaborative Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Project: Recycling Bins and Glass Crusher
- General overview
- Intervention
- Location
- Last data update
- Spreadsheet of data
General overview
Stage of development: Late stage
Policy sectors: Environment and climate change
Type of instrument: Social Impact Incentives (SIINC)
Delivery locations: Saint Helena
Country classification: Upper-middle-income
Intervention
Social or environmental challenge
"Negative externalities - Waste disposal creates negative externalities like pollution, environmental damage, and greenhouse gas emissions that are not fully accounted for in market prices. Improved recycling helps reduce these externalities.
Public goods - Environmental protection and climate change mitigation are public goods that are undersupplied by the free market. This project helps provide these public benefits.
Information failures - There may be limited public awareness about the benefits of recycling and sustainable waste management. Educational programs can help address this info gap.
Coordination failures - Establishing efficient recycling requires coordination among various stakeholders that may not happen naturally. This project can help coordinate these efforts.
Under-investment - There is under-investment in recycling infrastructure compared to the social benefits it provides.
Resource constraints - St Helena has limited resources and waste management capacity as a small remote island. The project helps overcome some of these inherent constraints."
Description of the intervention
"Funding to finalise the improved recycling facilities, capacity and education, this project will better empower the people of St Helena to make an ethical choice of waste disposal by offering the first door to door recycling service, extend the life of the Landfill Site (currently estimated to be from ~2027 to ~2050), contribute towards climate change mitigation, the protection of the environmentâs ecosystems, biodiversity as well as sustainable resource use through glass crushing for road services.
St Helena currently relies on shipping for most goods, resulting in limited resources and waste management challenges.
This project builds on previous investments in recycling infrastructure, including recycling bins and a recycling collection vehicle.
It will expand recycling facilities by purchasing additional bins and a glass crusher, as well as implementing educational programs to promote recycling.
The current landfill site has an estimated remaining lifespan of 2027-2050. Improved recycling can help extend this.
Reducing waste saves costs on a new landfill, estimated at £4-5 million.
This project aligns with St Helena policy objectives on sustainability, climate change, and waste management. Supports UK commitments to overseas territories on climate change and environmental protection."
Location
Country:
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Locality:
- Saint Helena
Last data update
Data for this pipeline project was last updated in August 2023
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Spreadsheet of data
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