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Saafu Raajje - Clean Environmental Management
by Ministry of Environment and Energy (Government)
Objectives: Prevention of pollution from waste mismanagement and handling.

Implementation methodologies: development of community based waste management system in all inhabited islands. The system includes a proper waste separation and storage facility, small scale recycling and necessary equipment for baling and crushing. Composting is a major component in the system so that use of chemical fertilizer for farming and gardening will be reduced. Besides the community based waste management system, the Government is also creating regional waste management facilities that enables to further treat and safe disposal of residual wastes from islands through the mean of waste to energy.

Follow-up mechanism: Training for waste separation, handling and good practices is being given to all island communities. A monitoring system is in place for the evaluation of performance of the waste management activities. Annual reporting mechanism has been created so that all the islands are required to report on their waste management system.

Governance mechanism: Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) is mandated to develop and create an efficient waste management system throughout the country. Therefore, MEE is responsible to provide the necessary environmental infrastructure to all islands ensuring the prevention of pollution to both the human health and the environment including the marine environment.

Relations to SDG 14: The waste management system being established in small islands ensures the diversion of indiscriminate dumping of waste from shoreline. Thereby ensuring the conservation of marine resources.
Progress reports
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
NUTRIENTS
  • Other (please specify): Waste management
PLASTICS
  • Coastal clean-ups
  • Plastics product bans or restrictions
  • Plastics recovery/recycling/reuse
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
  • Other (please specify): Community based waste management
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
Type of commitment
  • CO2 emission reductions (energy efficiency, renewable energy, etc.)
December 2019
Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 6 and 7
July 2017
Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 2
June 2018
Encourage the public to dispose of their waste properly in the capital city so that the waste does not end up in the ocean
March 2019
Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 1
Financing (in USD)
3,500,000 USD
Staff / Technical expertise
The Government has being receiving funds as well as technical expertise from international funding agencies towards the fulfilment of the commitment
Basic information
Time-frame: January 2015 - December 2018
Partners
Ministry of Environment and Energy (Government)
Ocean Basins
  • Indian Ocean
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Contact information
Ahmed Murthaza, Director General, ahmed.murthaza@environment.gov.mv,
Male, Maldives
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