Swaziland
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Land Area  | |
| Population | 1,123,913 country comparison to the world: 156 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDPi) | $5.826 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 155 $5.673 billion (2007 est.) $5.481 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
| Human Development Index (HDIi) | 0.572 (142) |
| Happy Planet Index (HPIi) | 18.38 (177) note: 2006 ranking, no data for 2009 |
| Development Statusi | LMCi, IBRDi |
| The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009. | |
| Basel Conventioni Focal Point | |
| Web address | www.sea.org.sz |
| Name | Mboni |
| Surname | Dlamini |
| Address | 3rd Floor, New SPTC Building, Industrial Site P.O. Box 2602 |
| City | Mbabane |
| Postal Code | H100 |
| Tel | +268 404 6960 |
| Fax | +268 404 1719 |
| mdlamini(at)sea.org.sz; tkhumalo(at)sea.org.sz | |
| Waste Management Legislation | Waste Regulations, 2000 |
| Chemicals Management Legislation | Environmental Management Act, 2002 Occupational Health and Safety Act, 2001 Public Health Act, 1969 |
| International Conventions | |
| Basel Convention | BC – 08.08.05 (Accessioni) Ban amendment – not acceded Protocol on liability - not acceded |
| Rotterdam Conventioni | not acceded |
| Stockholm Conventioni | 13.01.2006 (Accession) |
| Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAsi) |
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| Local projects | Development of a National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention Institutional Strengthening Project for Implementation of the Montreal Protocoli Under the Montreal Protocol |
| Hazardous waste statistics available | no |
| National inventory of waste | no |
| National inventory on Chemicals | There are preliminary reports that have been developed in the National Implementation Plan for Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Recycling facilities | Used oil recycling facility |
Which materials are collected and recycled? | Used oil - 200 000l per year |
The National Solid Waste Management Strategy | Goal: To develop and maintain an integrated waste management system to reduce the adverse impacts of all forms of solid waste, so that social and economic development in Swaziland, the health of its people and the quality of its environment and its resources benefit. Strategy was developed as interventions on the Waste Hierarchy (prevention, recycling, collection, transport, treatment and disposal) in order to address generali waste as well as special (health care risk waste and hazardous wastei). |
Hazardous waste landfill sites | none. Waste is exported |
e-wastei management | no data available |
| Important web links | |
| Department of Environment | www.sea.org.sz |
| NGOs | www.yongenawe.com |
| Department of Health | www.gov.sz/home.asp?pid=61 |