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Waste management in French Polynesia was at the heart of the visit of Taivini Teai, the minister responsible for the environment, to the Nive’e plant.
The minister specifically discussed the possibility of developing the site, which could eventually become the main waste treatment and recycling centre in French Polynesia.
Accompanied by the Ministry of Environment (DIREN) and Fenua Ma’s team, the Minister began his trip by visiting the sites of treatment facilities and incinerators for industrial waste with infection risks operated by CHPF. These sites are only partially occupied and therefore may house other facilities, in particular for the treatment of hazardous waste generated by biosafety activities or the primary sector.
This waste can be dangerous to human, animal or plant health and therefore requires special management. However, current solutions are not entirely satisfactory, as companies responsible for processing these wastes for customs, biosafety services or other private and public organizations carry out their activities under conditions that do not comply with environmental planning and construction norms.
In this case, the Nive’e facility, designed to accommodate activities for the treatment of organic wastes with infectious risks, already meets all the criteria related to the prevention of technological risks and therefore constitutes a suitable location for centralized treatment activities of this type of wastes.
The Minister then toured various plots at the site, including those identified for the storage of hazardous waste such as lithium batteries or distress flares.
The construction of the incinerator mentioned in the territorial waste prevention and management plan currently being adopted has been widely discussed, and the Nivière site will be identified to host the installation if the State retains this solution. With the support of this plan, the Minister was able to understand the various works required to transform the region into a waste management complex that can respond to the problems encountered by the State, the municipalities and its citizens.
While Fenua Ma and DIREN must reach a conclusion in the coming months on the prospects for the development of the Nive’e land, the Minister and his team have the opportunity to emphasize that the projects implemented at this site must be part of the circular economic logic and take into account the needs expressed by all waste generators, from professionals to households.
In fact, it is about building a future in which our waste will be largely recycled or recovered, turned into fertilizer or energy, although reducing the amount of waste that is landfilled or incinerated is essential to protecting the environment and the environment in which we live.
Source: Government
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