Solid Waste Management in the Pacific: Tonga Country Snapshot
Woodruff, Allison | June 2014
Abstract
This flyer outlines the status of solid waste management in Tonga and recommends key points for action to address challenges facing the country related to solid waste management. The Kingdom of Tonga had a population of approximately 103,300 in 2012 with annual population growth of around 0.2%. Approximately 67% of the population resides on the main island of Tongatapu, where the nation’s capital of Nuku’alofa is located. The population of Nuku’alofa is approximately 36,000. In 2012, Tonga’s pe r capita gross domestic product (GDP) was T$7,738 Tongan pa’anga (T$) (approximately $4,240) (footnote 1). Tongatapu has recently undergone a complete transformation of its SWM system, provided through the enactment of the Tonga Waste Management Act (2005), and the implementation of the Tongan Solid Waste Management Project (TOSWMP) supported by the government and the Australian Agency for International Development. The act provides a comprehensive legislative base for the eff ective development and management of the sector.
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Woodruff, Allison. 2014. Solid Waste Management in the Pacific: Tonga Country Snapshot. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/408. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Health System Developments
Urban Health Services
Rural Health Services
Health Service Management
Health Care Quality
Health Aspects of Poverty
Child Health
Health aid
Medical Statistics
Child Nutrition
Health Costs
Medical Economics
Medical and health care industry
Delivery of health care
Prevention of disease
Nutrition and state
Sanitation systems
Health status indicators
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