Meeting in Australia and Papua New Guinea

CODWAP project (118#23)

Minutes from the mission of Assoc. Prof. Avraam Karagiannidis

from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki to Papua New Guinea and Australia

in the period 19-30 July, 2010

Thessaloniki, August 2010

CODWAP, Minutes of coordinator’s mission to Papua New Guinea & Australia, 19-30/7/10 2

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

The present mission is an additional one, in the sense that it was not foreseen in the CODWAP project contract. However, it was deemed as totally necessary during the previous CODWAP project meeting in Bremen/Germany (on June 2010 – cf. also CODWAP’s Bremen minutes). The reasons for this decision were that the CODWAP partner from PNG (Papua New Guinea University of Technology, hence referred to as ‘Unitech’, located in the city of Lae in PNG) had been facing various continuous difficulties until then to cope with the project’s requirements, ranging from long communication gaps with the coordinator and the other partners, up to un-timely and highly delayed submission of crucial project deliverables, including also the 1st year’s annual report; it was thus deemed as necessary, in early June 2010 and during the Bremen meeting, for the CODWAP coordinator to perform this additional mission as soon as possible, in order to directly assess the situation in situ and to also provide local support to Unitech in coping with the project needs and requirements. In parallel and after the Bremen meeting, contact had been lately undertaken by the CODWAP coordinator (AUT-LHTEE) via the valuable and timely support of CODWAP’s associated partner TUD, with the other major PNG University (the University of PNG, hence referred to as ‘UPNG’, located in PNG’s capital city of Port Moresby) who had expressed great interest in CODWAP due to their own noteworthy background in solid waste management. Finally, it was thought as meaningful to also utilise the opportunity of this mission to PNG for a short meeting with another associated partner of CODWAP (Griffith University from Brisbane, Australia) for developing more synergies in the frame of CODWAP and its south-pacific leg.

Thus, following a period of continuous and intensive communication and arrangements of AUT-LHTEE with all involved sides (ACP-PMU, Unitech, UPNG, Griffith University), the dates of 19-30 July 2010 were set for this mission. Regarding the scheduling and logistics of the meetings of this consolidated mission to Papua New Guinea and Australia, it was decided to follow the following plan: - Initially perform the short Brisbane meetings with Griffith University in the period 21-22

July also within the frame of a regional south-east pacific workshop on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (e-waste) that was organised by Griffith University there and then. This was thought that would provide a much wider synergistic dissemination to the project in the broader south-east pacific area.

- Then meet UPNG in Port Moresby (entry point in PNG when coming from abroad, with Australia being the usual previous final hub anyway) and perform initial close contacts with them as well as the waste management authority of PNG’s largest city (Waste Management Division of the National Capital District Commission, hence referred to as ‘NCDC-WMD’).1 This synergy also provided the opportunity for training and additional CODWAP promotion not only to students and faculty staff members in the target country but to its major related stakeholders and waste management actors.

- Finally perform the main project meetings in Lae (location of Unitech). An agenda was prepared by Unitech on them and finalised during the last days, which involved lectures to students and faculty members as well as meetings with waste management related authorities and stakeholders in Lae (PNG’s second largest city and main industrial centre).

Authorisation for this additional project mission was enquired from the ACP Secretariat initially in the frame of budget reallocation. Finally, it was decided to use the budget already available to the coordinator for missions to Papua New Guinea in order to perform this mission. Following arrangements with ACP-PMU, a related notification to the ACP Secretariat was done as well. 1 As it was actually a member of NCDC-WMD who was in Dresden/Germany for 6 months until mid-July 2010 who had provided the contact to the CODWAP consortium with the UPNG.


Table of contents Introduction and summary………………………………………………………………………...2 Table of contents…………………………………………………………………………………..3 Draft Lae agenda…………………………………………………………………………………..3 Brisbane meetings and activities…………………………………………………………………..4 Port Moresby meetings and activities……………………………………………………………..6 Introductory meeting & training session with UPNG, Hideaway hotel)……………..…...7 Site visits and follow-up meetings to disposal sites, recycling plants and stakeholders….9 Lae meetings and activities………………………………………………………………………26 Arrival meetings and bilateral Unitech meetings………………………………………...26 Training session and follow-up meetings and surveys…………………………………..27 Site visits…………………………………………………………………………………29 Stakeholders meetings and training sessions…………………………………………….36 Wrap-up and to-do list……………………………………...……………………………………40 References………………………………………………………………………………………..41 Acronyms………………………………………………………………………………………...41 Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………41 List of Annexes…………………………………………………………………………………..41 1. Student attendee list of the July-26 training workshop at Unitech…………………...42 2. Program of the July-21 e-waste workshop at Brisbane………………………………,45 3. Presentation at the July-26 training workshop at Lae………………………………...47

Draft Lae agenda2 Day 1 Morning CODWAP meeting Afternoon Meetings and site visits Day 2

Morning Meeting with University (UNITECH) authorities (Senior Executive Management - Vice Chancellor; Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic); Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration); Registrar; Bursar; Head of the Civil Engineering Department; and, any other interested parties)

Afternoon Site visiting

Day 3-info day (leaflet & invitations)

Morning Round table meeting 1. the City Authority and their contractors and chamber of Commerce. 2. Lae City Authority personnel: City Manager; City Engineer; Contractors; etc 3. Engineers in Lae (via the Lae branch of the Institution of Engineers);

Afternoon seminar type sessions 4. NGOs 5. students (Civil Engineering)

2 It was significantly modified and enriched on the basis of short-term final arrangements and confirmation of availability during the mission itself; so please use it as a generic guide but consult the detailed minutes that follow regarding the actual happenings.


(a) Brisbane meetings and activities Dates: July 21-22 Location: Sofitel hotel, Brisbane Topics addressed and actrivities performed: - Agreement on the contribution of Griffith university’s waste management curriculum to the

CODWAP MSc curriculum. - Support and dissemination of the 2011 CODWAP conference, also in view of the upcoming

August-25 (2010) deadline for abstract submission. - Final arrangements as to the active involvement of Griffith University in the from-now-on

CODWAP activities as project associated partner. - Broader dissemination of the CODWAP project, its goals and so-far achievements to a

concentrated & wide range of eclectic waste management stakeholders from the broader south-east Pacific area, made achievable through the parallel attendance of the specific e-waste workshop on July 21 in Brisbane and its related oral presentation performed there, which also included specific CODWAP references, supported by a CODWAP info-desk as part of the e-waste registration desk.

- Distribution of conference and CODWAP fliers directly from the workshop’s registration booth.

- Supply of Dr. Sunil Herat (contact person on CODWAP in Griffith) from Dr. Karagiannidis with an additional surplus of conference and CODWAP fliers for further dissemination.

- First-hand early briefing of Prof. Karagiannidis on PNG issues and wider conditions (waste- and resource-related, as well as of broader socio-economic context), performed by Australians and other Oceanian stakeholders attending the e-waste workshop. These discussions were very informative and especially timely in view of the back-to-back CODWAP PNG missions in Port Moresby and Lae (3-days each) over the next days.

- Identification of particular waste-management synergies between CODWAP partners (Greece, Mauritius) and Oceanic countries, in view of the small-island nature of many the later. o Numerous small landfills spread all over (e.g. Samoa, Fiji, Cook islands). o Transport difficulties and specific logistics requirements (large distances, small

distributed island populations). o Particularly sensitive ecosystems (reefs, atolls, rain forests, mangroves, savanna

bushland). Extensive discussions were held in the frame of the workshop (extending as far late as the evening banquet) with professionals and NGOs, incl. the Island Sustainability Alliance (Mrs Imogen Ingram) and the Renewable Recyclers social enterprise (Mrs Alison Perizi).

- E-waste specific identified issues of particular relation to CODWAP, which were highlighted and underlined during the event: o Management of brominated flame retardants and other Persistant Organic Pollutants

(POPs) included in e-waste. o Nano-technology waste management, not really addressed yet. o Need for management of plastics together with precious metals (both included in

ewastes). o Interaction with mining waste management (especially pertinent also in Sierra Leone –as

CODWAP partner- and the broader Africa region). - Determination of including to the CODWAP 2011 conference special sessions on e-waste

and on mining wastes.


Brisbane CODWAP bilateral meetings and info day in the frame of the e-waste2010 regional south-pacific workshop (July 21, 08:30-21:00)

The e-waste 2010 Brisbane workshop room (bottom left) and booth (bottom right). CODWAP was disseminated in this highly attended event by the south-east Pacific waste and resource management community, by means of 3 fliers on the booths (i.e. i. the CODWAP-project flier, ii. the CODWAP 2011 conference flier and iii. the AUT-LHTEE 2009 annual report where a full page on the CODWAP project is included) and the regular presence of Assoc. Prof. Avraam Karagianidis by the booth for questions answering and general dissemination. Dr. Karagiannidis made reference to CODWAP during his speech (top-right, middle-left), which was invited by the main workshop organizer, Prof. Sunil Herat (top-left), Associate Partner in CODWAP on behalf of Griffith University. Both are also to be seen together (middle-right) during the discussion.


(b) Port Moresby meetings and activities Dates: July 22-25 Locations: Hideaway hotel, UPNG campus, NCDC-WMD headquarters, field trips July 22 (15:00-21:00): Airport pickup, short meeting and finalization of next days’ agenda - Arrival to Port Moresby. Airport pickup by some of the pre-contacted solid waste

management stakeholders from Port Moresby (i.e. staff members and associates UPMG as well as other actors, namely): Prof. Frank Griffin (UPNG), Mr Joshua Sam (NCDC-WMD) and Robin Totone (UPMG).

- Hotel arrival (hotel Hideaway, Port Moresby), briefing of Assoc. Prof. Karagiannidis by Prof. Griffin on the arranged agenta: Although the following day (July 23) turned out to be a PNG national holiday, Prof. Griffin announced that he had summoned various waste management stakeholders to Hideaway hotel for July 23.

- On the basis of the above announced arrangements, which were done by Prof. Griffin up to the point of Prof. Karagiannidis’ arrival, Prof. Karagiannidis then prepared during the afternoon of July 22, the following draft structure for the July-23 meeting.

a. Welcome by Prof. Griffin, short presentation of all participants. b. Presentation of the CODWAP projects and its potential benefits and implications for

waste management in PNG for institutions, operators and other stakeholders as well as the general public, in terms of education, training, capacity building, curriculum development and awareness raising regarding sustainable waste management practices, policies and activities.

c. Enquiry on pending SWM issues for PNG. d. Discussion on the MSc course under preparation (and to be potentially also initiated as

a 2-year part-time course in the University of Mauritius within the CODWAP time frame).

e. Possible focus points for PNG: i. E-waste ? (possible synergies and follow-up effects from the fitting back-to-back

Brisbane e-waste workshop). ii. Mining waste

iii. River and coast clean up of floating wastes (tourist implications – also from Air Niugini magazine –read by Prof. Karagiannidis on July 22- where the issue of floating wastes by touristic coasts is explicitly mentioned!)

iv. Existing scavenging activities? 1. Open burning of wastes at landfills 2. Non-combustion landfill scavenging 3. Recycling villages? 4. Imported wastes?

v. Practiced collection and disposal practices. vi. Costs associated.

vii. Structure (state, municipal, private ?). viii. Stakeholders (very few for municipal wastes according also to the PNG yellow

pages searched by Prof. Karagiannidis on July 22). f. Who needs to be trained and on what? g. How many (employment issues associated) h. On what basis (full time, part time)? i. Where do PNG people prefer to study SWM and environmental engineering / mgmt ?

The above indicative list of subject formed the basis for initiating the discussion and exchanges during the 1st meeting and training session conducted next day.


July 23 (10:00-14:00): Introductory meeting & training session with UPNG, Hideaway hotel Attendees: - Avraam Karagiannidis, AUT (Associate Prof., CODWAP co-ordinator). - Frank Griffin, UPNG (Prof. and Executive Dean, School of Natural and Physical Sciences,

phone: +675 3267319, e-mails: [email protected], [email protected]). - Robin Totone, UPNG (Lecturer, Biology Division, phone: +675 3267210, e-mails:

[email protected], [email protected]). - Peter Petsul, UPNG (Lecturer, Chemistry Discipline, PO Box 320, phone: +675 3267326, e-

mail: [email protected]). - (Ms) Regina Kiele, UPNG (Lecturer, GIS/Remote Sensing, Environmental Science and

Geography, PO Box 320, phone: +675 3267228, e-mail: [email protected]). - (Miss) Georgina Numbasa, UPNG (Lecturer, Urban Planning & Management – Environmental

Sciences and Geography, PO Box 320, phone: +675 3267573, e-mail: [email protected]). - Simeon Terina, National Capital District Commission (NCDC) – Waste Management Division

(WMD) (Director, phone: +675 3234491, e-mail: [email protected]). - Joshua Sam, National Capital District Commission (NCDC) – Waste Management Division

(Senior Technical Officer, phone: +675 3234491, e-mail: [email protected]). Prof. Karagiannidis greeted everybody and thanked them for attending. He proceeded by presenting shortly the reasons that he was in PNG. The CODWAP project was presented to the attendees from UPNG and NCDC-WMD. Its goals and objectives were shortly analyzed and the role and involvement of PNG and its current project partner (Unitech) was described and commented upon. Prof. Karagiannidis continued by enquiring on pending SWM issues for PNG. Prof. Griffin provided a concise overview of SWM development: PNG is just coming out of a state of organic economy where throw-away of organic residues was considered a natural thing. Cities and villages are serviced by wild dumps (19 provinces, 19 dumps); scavenging is being practiced continuously and is often accompanied with open burning; municipal SWM has not yet received proper attention and is an issue to appear heavily in the near future, so the overall timing of CODWAP is very proper for PNG also in this context. Prof. Karagiannidis enquired in particular on e-waste issues, also related to the meetings in Brisbane 2 days ago and received the information that this was also in development but without any import of e-wastes (or second-hand related products near the end of their useful life). Abundant second-hand vehicles in Port Moresby and Lae (end-of life in Japan, still a market in PNG, but no spare parts, then idle, then corroding). Also counterfit clothing seems pertinent. In all it was made quite clear that mining waste management is by far the most important SWM-issue in the country. However, river and coast clean up of floating wastes was mentioned as of gaining importance due to tourist implications (also from Air Niugini magazine where the issue of floating wastes by touristic coasts is explicitly mentioned!). Practiced collection and disposal practices: For residential areas compactors (3-6 t), for other: open trucks. Costs associated: Every 3 months, 38 Kina / house / 3 months (domestic). The Baruni dump is the country’s biggest, servicing 600000 people in Port Moresby. The present representatives from NCDC-WMD arranged for a site visit on this same afternoon. Exisiting SWM stakeholders in PNG were reported to still be very few (e.g. a very few for municipal wastes – cf. also PNG yellow pages). Then, the discussion was oriented towards the MSc on SWM which is compiled in the frame of CODWAP and is to be piloted in UoM, probably as a 2-year part-time course for people already employed in the SWM industry. Prof. Karagiannidis posed the question of who needs to be trained? Answers addressed municipal and healthcare (not much) staff, mining wastes personnel, as well as staff involved with ship derived (oils, waste ballast water) wastes, e-waste, batteries, tires, waste oils from vehicles and pesticides. Reference was made to a project at USP which seemed partly similar to CODWAP. Then, the rest of the UPNG staff present was introduced, with Regina working on GIS and Georgina on SWM as Environmental Scientist. It was agreed that synergies with UNITECH in


the frame of this project should be pursued and Prof. Karagiannidis confirmed his related intention within the next few days.

Hideaway hotel meeting and training session (Port Moresby, July 23, 10:00-14:00)

- Bottom left photo (from left to right): (i) Mrs Regina Kiele (UPNG), (ii) Mr Peter Petsul

(UPNG), (iii) Mrs Georgina Numbasa (UPNG), (iv) Mr Simeon Terina (NCDC), (v) Prof. Frank Griffin (UPNG), (vi) Mr Joshua Sam (NCDC), (vii) Prof. A. Karagiannidis (AUT).

- Bottom right photo: Mr Robin Totone is also seen (3rd from right, instead of Mr Joshua Sam).


July 23 (14:00-18:00) Visits to 2 disposal sites, 2 recycling plants and the Port Moresby Waste Management Authority

- 6-mile closed dump (14:00-15:00): Significant digging and scavenging was going on. This location was receiving waste until recently and the owners of the land around it claimed that the disposal area had expanded into their own grounds. Despite it being a closed dump, scavenging was going on via digging at the landfill body and extracting metals, often after also practicing open burning. The model of the urban mine was finding its informal application in this dump…

- Baruni official Port Moresby dump (15:00-17:00): Continuous open burning and scavenging; site next to a LNG site under construction (beneficial synergies expected). JICA aid has been negotiated and had reached final approval stage for implementing interventions to the Baruni dump, aiming to transform it to a semi-aerobic landfill (according to the so called Fukuoka-model). As it can also be clearly seen from the various photos (cf. below), the situation at the site was not at all good. Despite that, NCDC-WMD maintained an open policy, not trying to conceal anything and rather bringing every aspect of SWM at Port Moresby in the open. They were very appreciating the fact that the CODWAP project (represented by its coordinator) had expressed an interest at their operations and were trying to develop links and synergies in order to improve them.

- NCDC-WMD (17:00-18:00): a. Director: Simeon Terina. b. Staff: 20. c. The NCDC-WMD was visited and some of its key members were

interviewed and involved in a 2-way, mutual briefing and training exchange with Prof. Karagiannidis (concerning SWM needs, trends and challenges in PNG, in concordance with available options) today. Selected discussions and bilateral sessions were held during the next days with NCDC-WMD staff-subgroups, during the performed field trips.

d. NCDC-WMD, via Mr. Simeon Terina, was crucial in arranging all site visits and field trips within the next 2 days in Port Moresby for Prof. Karagiannidis; they proved very valuable in providing a holistic basic understanding of SWM in PNG.

e. NCDC-WMD is outsourcing SW collection in Port Moresby to private collectors. They are arranging all bids and tenders, whereas they also monitor and control the operation of the collectors.

- Recycling facilities in Port Moresby are rather scarce. One is PNG recycling, of Australian origin, working mainly on metal recycling. Another one visited was operated by the informal sector.


Site visit at the 6-mile closed dump (Port Moresby, July 23, 14:00-15:00)

The 6-mile dump is not receiving wastes any more. However, people come on a regular basis to dig the place up in order to recover metals. Some points of open burning were observed during the visit, whereas some people were trafficking the area, although nobody was observed into the trenches. A lot of scrap was also present, mostly from end-of-life vehicles, with clear signs of burning in order to release the metals from the rest.


Site visit at the 6-mile closed dump (continued)

Some closer snap-shots of the digging areas. The high presence of organic matter is clear to see, as a result of the traditional, partly still prevailing, consumption patterns. Metals are the main scavenging objective. Scavenging is being performed in this site under the music from a church located closely uphill. It was reported that the owners of the surrounding areas had taken NCDC to court in the past over this site, as they were emphatically against any possible expansion and even claiming that some of their own property had been tresspassed.


Site visit at the Baruni operating dump (Port Moresby, July 23, 15:00-17:00)

This site is currently serving the entire Port Moresby metro area of over 600000 people. Daily, some 300 tons of wastes are being dumped here. There is no weighting scale, so the amounts are assessed approximately according to the number and size of incoming trucks. The site is in a big mess, with continuous open burning been performed on a regular basis and a lot of people involved in scavenging including many small children. Visibility in the site was often poor during the visit as a result of the emitted smoke. NCDC is maintaining a few coworkers there to measure the tracks and manage the site as best as they can. There is also a school for the children of the scavengers. There were many signs of littering on the street leading in and out of the site.


Site visit at the Baruni dump (continued)

The site is not receiving animal wastes from abbatoires. Apart from that, it receives everything including medical wastes. Many loads of specific waste streams were located to have been dumped, including inks, e-waste, oil barrels and a lot of metals. Open fires were often observed. Next to the site, an LNG transfer depot was seen under construction, which was related to the large LNG project currently under way in the PNG highlands, from where LNG is to be piped to Port Moresby and this was one of the final terminals, located right next to the Baruni dump. It was reported by Mr. Simeon Terina and Mr. Joshua Sam that negotiations with JICA were also under way to reconstruct the dump into a semi-aerobic landfill according to the Fukuoka model.



Prof. Karagiannidis was asked and provided some comments as to the applicability of the JICA initiative; he also pointed out some measures and priorities for this site independent of JICA, which included stopping the fires and performing daily coverage. The issue of availability of daily coverage was raised and the option of using construction and demolition waste as part of it was mentioned.



The waste management plant of the nearby LNG site was discussed as NCDC has also reviewed it; this plan (rather remarkably) involved the in-situ incineration of all packaging wastes in a mobile incinerator, as well as the construction of a small, private, sanitary landfill for all inert wastes. Possible synergies with the existing dump were discussed.


By Port Moresby recyclers (July 23, 17:00-17:30)


At the NCDC-WMD headquarters next to Port Moresby city hall (July 23, 17:30-18:30)


At the UPNG campus (July 23, 18:30-19:00)

- Bottom right: Prof Frank Griffin (right) with Assoc. Prof. Avraam Karagiannidis (left). - Bottom left: Prof. Frank Griffin between 2 NCDC members, namely Mr. Simeon Terina

(left) and Mr. Joshua Sam (right) UPNG: 6000 students, SNPS: 1000 students, 160 graduates per year, high expansion potential and plans for the area of anaerobic digestion.


July 24 (10:00-14:00) Site visits and field surveys of: - Down-town Port Moresby (waste collection practices). - 2 diesel-fired power plants around Port Moresby and a Port Moresby brewery. - 3 waste water ponds (Moitaka site) servicing almost half of Port Moresby’s wastewater. En route, a needs analysis of an eventual future training course in PNG on solid waste management (either Lae or Port Moresby) was performed by Prof. Karagiannidis on the basis of an Interview of Mr. Simeon Terina. Main determined areas:

- Tackling the power shortage of PNG (despite available oil and gas resources, almost all is exported!) by incorporating Waste-to-Energy concepts (biomas combustion, use of landfill gas, anaerobic digestion and use of biogas) in or next to existing power plants.

- Sustainable landfilling concepts, properly adapted to PNG conditions. Yesterday’s visit to the Baruni dump provided a sound basis for discussion.

- Medium- and long-term effects (health, environmental, property, tourism, agriculture, forestry – e.g. fires…) of improper waste management.

- Increasing the sustainability of scavenging Landfills and dumps are nowadays considered as the urban mine and many resources can be retrieved from them. Waste collection at Port Moresby is performed every day from the curbside via either barrels or elevated baskets. Open burning is frequently been practiced, especially of biomass. JICA is to help build a WWTP. However, it was reported that this is planned to be by the coast and not by the waste water collection ponds at the Moitaka site that were also visited. July 24, 17:00-21:00 Business dinner at Hideaway hotel with Simeon Terina and Joshua Sam (NCDC-WMD)

- Training session including discussion on the allocation and significance of waste

management in PNG in the broader environmental and resources’ context of the country.

- Municipal waste management is not yet receiving proper attention. - The country was fully organic up to a few years ago. The introduction of packaging

has started recently. Society still has a throw-away mentality. - There are no wastes imported. - The only active waste industry is that of scrap, as there is plenty of that around; it was

clearly and repeatedly observed during all site visits, that abandoned vehicles were a frequent sight, whereas even old dumps (much more intensely, still operating ones) were dug up and scavenged for scrap metals.

- PET-bottles were often observed to be collected by peddlers. However, following a related enquiry of Prof. Karagiannidis, it was clarified that there is no recycling being done, rather than washing and refilling with cold (ice) water for income generation but under often highly controversial hygienic conditions.

- Tourism is not really yet a driver towards sustainable waste management, as the existing resorts and beaches (where yet some of the worldwide best diving, snorkeling and surfing is available) are away from urban areas.

- The resource extraction industry (gold, copper, oil, gas, silver, timber, Nickel, etc) is dominating the economy.

- Extensive palm oil plantations exist in East & West New Britain, as well as in New Ireland; their owners recently built a processing factory in the UK!


At 2 diesel-fired power plants and (bottom-right) a brewery (July 24, 10:00-13:00)


At the Moitaka wastewater ponds (July 24, 13:00-14:00)


At the Moitaka wastewater ponds (continued)


July 25 (10:00-13:30) Field visits to 3 hydro-power stations north of Port Moresby (Kokoda track area) Interview of (and interactive training performed with) Simeon Terina and David Unumba (NCDC-WMD) on: - waste pricing:

a. 38 Kina per yearly quarter per property. b. Separate bill. c. Some people do not pay – court cases

- waste collection practices and standards: a. Collection fully out-sourced to about 39 collection contractors in Port Moresby. b. NCDC-WMD has a staff of 20 that supervise daily collection and arrange for the

procurements. c. Standards for the contractors include having their own collection trucks. d. Collection starts at 7:00 am and is usually concluded until 12:00 (Monday-Friday). e. Curbside collection is performed via elevated baskets.

i. Plastic bins were originally put into them, but the people kept the bins in-house and now bring the waste into bags to the elevated baskets.

ii. Where these elevated baskets are not enough, waste bags are hung from fences, still at an elevated position.

iii. In public places (parks, etc) barrels are used (initially used for oil). - PNG’s energy system and potential interactions with waste management.

a. Large open burning of biomass and waste already performed for ‘clean-up’ (at the curbside) and scavenging (at both curbside & dumps) operations.

b. The existing energy (electricity) supply of the country depends on heavy fuel oil and hydro-power.

c. There is also only one sugar factory near Lae, which also produces heat from sugar waste.

d. There are some significant geothermal fields (e.g. the Lihir island with one of the biggest gold-mines, is relying 100% on geothermal energy).

e. The potential for substituting HFO is there, especially as: i. Despite the fact that a lot of oil is being drilled and taken out of PNG, most of it

is exported, so that the diesel-oil needed for electricity is often imported. ii. Black-outs and power failures are often happening.

f. From the 2 oil power plants visited the day before: i. the west one (larger, close to PM near the Hanuabada village / landmark) is

rather new (build around 2000) and is operated by a Korean company who sells the electricity to the grid.

ii. The east one (smaller, only diesel engine-fired, with remarkably short exhaust pipes and rather far from PM, at the Moitaka location) is a backup, state-operated one.

g. The billing of the electricity is done on the basis of pre-paid units. The usual method of conventional electricity meters was abandoned some years ago due to extensive tampering with the meters, making them run slower. Instead, people buy power units and are the provided via SMS with codes that they introduce to the meters, so that they may consume up to the maximum energy purchased.


At the 3 Hydro power plants north of Port Moresby (July 25, 10:00-13:00)

The 3 hydro power plants and their supply ponds (top left and right, bottom right) are centrally and sequentially supplied by a dam further uphill. Water after the last (lowest) hydro power plant is being sent via pipes (bottom left) to a water treatment plant and then to Port Moresby. Water out of the tab was thus described as drinkable and the pipelines (central ones at least) very new.


Port Moresby streets and waste (July 22-25)

Top left: With Simeon Terina and Joshua Sam (NCDC-WMD) en route to a site visit Top centre: With Simeon Terina, Joshua Sam and other NCDC-WMD staff at PNG parliament. Top right: Simeon Terina (NCDC-WMD) and Avraam Karagiannidis (AUT-LHTEE) under one of many NCDC-WMD posted signs against illegal open dumping. Middle left: Open burning of waste biomass; it is been practiced still extensively despite NCDC-WMD’s continuous efforts to change people’s mentality. Middle right: and Bottom left: Waste collection at the curbside via elevated metal baskets. Bottom right: Abandoned EOL-cars at the street side. They are practically everywhere.


July 25 (19:00-21:00) Flight to Lae, airport pickup, arrangement of the next days’ agenda Prof. Karagiannidis was picked up by Dr. Chris Kobal from Unitech, a formal CODWAP project partner, upon arrival to the Lae airport. En route to the university guest house (~ 1 hour drive), where Prof. Karagiannidis was booked for his 3-day Lae accommodation, interesting introductory discussions were held as to the next days’ events, with many of them to be finalized and fully confirmed on the day before or even on the same day. It was confirmed that the potential and planning exists and has been prepared for a set of training sessions and dissemination activities to students, faculty members and solid waste management stakeholders from the broader Lae area within the next 3 days.

- Chicken abattoir (slaughterhouse). - Stand-by diesel-fired power plants (next to the university).

An early appointment was set up for 07:30 of the following day (Monday), in order to initiate the preparations, especially in view of the arranged first faculty meetings (to start at 09:00).

July 26, 07:30-13:00 Bilateral meetings at Unitech with various university officials regarding CODWAP Prof. Karagiannidis was picked up by Chris Kobal from Unitech Guest House at 07:30 and they proceeded to the Civil Engineering Department of Unitech. An office was provided for him including a desk, internet access and secretary support. Wired internet connection at the campus is available at existing PCs, although generally slow and often affected by power failures if no UPS is in line. Between 9:00 and 11:30 a set of meetings was conducted by the 2 of them regarding CODWAP and the achievement of higher awareness on it and dissemination of its goals and achievements, with the following university officials:

1. Professor Muhammed A. Satter, Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic affairs). 2. Allan J.Q. Sako, Registrar. 3. Professor Wilson F. Tovirika Tsikari, Pro Vice-Chancellor (administration). 4. Professor Yaip K. Telue, Head of the Civil Engineering Department.

Some main points from these meetings are summarized below: Following a brief yet concise introduction by Prof. Karagiannidis on CODWAP and its progress so far, especially in Mauritius, as well as its acceptance in Sierra Leone, it was proposed by Prof. M.A. Satter (after also checking the CODWAP website and the included MSc syllabus) to initiate at Unitech an MSc on SWM on the basis of the implemented CODWAP curriculum development. This was a major breakthrough from this particular discussion in relation to the situation so far, given that so far, Unitech was reported to be solely interested in adopting individual MSc course modules only to his existing pre-graduate courses at its Civil Engineering Department. It was further proposed by Prof. Satter to structure this MSc on a multidisciplinary basis, including Unitech’s Departments on Civil, Mechanical and Mining Engineering. Therefore, Chris Kobal was asked by Prof. Satter to initiate and coordinate this overall activity. Some more detailed discussions on CODWAP and its implications for Unitech were pursued with Professor Yaip K. Telue, following the above proposal and instructions by Prof. Satter. His interest was expressed also regarding the synergies of the proposed (hence inter-disciplinary) MSc course with CODWAP, also give the general lack of resources at Unitech to support


teaching in such a course. Prof. Karagiannidis replied by pointing out that the CODWAP project basically compiles the Curriculum (Syllabus plus detailed Module material); furthermore, some limited travel budget is available which may be used by CODWAP partners to attend a project meeting in Lae and combine this with a training session for the students, which if the MSc is fast approved and running by early next year (an objective set by Prof. Satter during an earlier aforementioned discussion), could also be integrated in it in the form of a compact course. At the end of this very constructive discussion, Prof. Telue expressed his full support to the project and committed himself to initiate together with Chris Kobal the introduction procedures of this MSc in the Unitech system (i.e. formulation of an advisory board, submission to the Unitech’s post-graduate committee, formulation of an academic board, etc) July 26, 13:00-16:00 CODWAP training session and info kiosk at Unitech (Civil Engineering Department) Chris Kobal had arranged for the invitations. Approximately 50 students and faculty members attended the session. Lecturing by Prof. Karagiannidis, after proper introduction by Chris Kobal, lasted for a good 2 hours, followed by questions and discussion. The presentation of this lecture (powerpoint) is attached to these minutes. July 26, 18:00-21:00 Business dinner of Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal at the Lae Golf Club Financial and managerial project issues were mostly discussed. It was repeatedly and clearly emphasized by Prof. Karagiannidis that the (still continuing) delay in the 2nd project installment is largely (if not only) due to the 2 month delay of Unitech in delivering its 1st year’s overall financial report, as a result of which the overall CODWAP report was put behind schedule and finally qeued back in the evaluation. It was agreed to try and meet Unitech’s financial officer (Bursar) tomorrow, in order to discuss on the project’s financial management. Prof. Karagiannidis briefed Chris Kobal on various local arrangements that are usually being undertaken by local hosts in the event of hosting project meetings. Near the end of the dinner, Chris Kobal observed that, in a table nearby at the particular same restaurant, PNG’s Minister of Health, Hon. Sasa Zibe was seated and seemed to be engaged in various professional discussions. Prof. Karagiannidis proposed to approach him and inform him on CODWAP; this was done and the 3 gentlemen then engaged in a constructive introductory discussion over waste management and environmental issues in PNG. It was declared that addressing the health impacts from improper waste management is a political priority at higher levels as well in PNG, having mining wastes as a strong and currently main entry point. The minister said that he always told engineers, environmentalists and mining people to find to solutions and not dump the wastes and tailings into the sea. This (currently) Minister of Health was former Minister for the Environment in PNG, so he really seemed to have a holistic picture of the subject at hand. The CODWAP project was presented to him and he showed great interest. Chris Kobal committed himself to sending to the Minister more material from the project. Mr Zibe underlined the great importance of biodiversity for the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, as 70% of the country’s population leave on the fields and outside main cities; improper disposal of all kinds of wastes is not to be allowed to threat it.


The meeting of Prof. Karagiannidis (centre) and Chris Kobal (right) with Hon. Sasa Zibe (left), although spontaneous and short, was quite informative both ways. Prof. Karagiannidis undertook the initiative to brief the Minister on CODWAP and its broader possible implications for sustainable SWM in PNG. Hon. Zibe talked a bit about the related political issues in PNG in the frame of the booming extraction industry and the growing waste and broader environmental pressures to a society just coming out of a fully organic economy where throw-away of bio-degrade-ables to land and sea was (and still is) a natural action. July 27 (09:00-10:00) Meeting at Unitech with the financial officer (Mr. Jimmy Imbok) regarding CODWAP Prof. Karagiannidis met Chris Kobal at the Civil Engineering department around 09:00 and they both first reviewed the agenda for this day and the next. Today’s agenda involved: - a meeting with Unitech’s financial officer (Bursar), - a visit to the Lae dump (Second Seventh site) and the near-by stand-by power plant. Furthermore, the CODWAP meetings and short training sessions at (a) the Lae City Council and (b) the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry were confirmed for the next day (Wednesday), in the morning (09:00 and 10:00 respectively), in time for Prof. Karagiannidis to catch his departure return flight from Lae (with the corresponding scheduled departure time being: 14:15). It was also mentioned, that following yesterday’s successful training seminar to the Civil Engineering Department, some high interest had been expressed by some of its attendants to repeat this session today to the Departments of Mechanical and Mining Engineering; in this context, some arrangements would be underway this morning by that Department to organize that for the same afternoon, despite the short-notice of the overall initiative for this additional training; the Civil Engineering Department and Prof. Karagiannidis would be properly informed on this to respond accordingly. Assoc. Prof. Karagiannidis and Senior Lecturer Chris Kobal then went to see the Unitech’s financial officer (Bursar), as identified the evening before (cf. below). During this very important and thankfully quite constructive meeting, Prof. Karagiannidis strongly stressed the need for a proper and timely financial reporting from Unitech from now on, as the 2-month delay from Unitech at the end of the 1st project year (1.1-31.12.2009), just a few months before, has caused great problems to the entire project, since it has lead to a very delayed submission of the overall 1st year’s annual report, which in fact has resulted that, at present and already 7 full months


within the 2nd year, the 2nd project installment is yet to be paid by the EU to the coordinator, much less to be distributed to the partners. Explicit reference and analysis was made to the reasons that lead to the 1st year’s delay on behalf of Unitech and both the Bursar and Mr. Kobal were committed not to let this happen again and to prepare the 2nd year’s financial (and technical) report well in time. The fact that Chris Kobal was acting department chairman for 2 years and 10 months until May 6, 2010 seemed to have loaded him with much administrative work. As he no longer is acting department chairman, this was agreed that it would allow him to devote more time to the project and ensure timely submission of deliverables on behalf of Unitech. July 27 (10:00-11:00) Visit of Unitech laboratory and IT facilities After meeting the Unitech’s Chief Financial Officer (Bursar), Prof. Karagiannidis visited some of the laboratories of Unitech’s civil engineering and mining engineering departments. In the later, samples from extraction sites and mines from all over PNG are tested. At the time of the visit, the first samples from the new Nickel-Cobalt mine (Gurumbu site, at eastern highlands, north-west of Lae, operated by Chinese) had just arrived. Then, the new Information Technology (IT) building of the campus was visited; it is called HAUS EUROPA and was recently built via EU funding. At the time of the visit, it was full of students attending IT classes.

July 27 (11:00-14:00) Site visit to the Lae dumping site and the nearby stand-by power plant Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal were driven to the Lae dumping area (Second Seventh site), which was at relatively close distance to the university and is receiving all the waste of the city of Lae. Along the way, useful and informative discussions were held regarding waste management in Lae, also in comparison to Port Moresby, which Prof. Karagiannidis was able to assess some days ago (cf. above). Although the disposal site seen later was more or less on the same messy condition, some major differences were identified between waste management in Lae (industrial centre and 2nd PNG city with 100,000 inhabitants) and Port Moresby (administrative centre and 1st PNG city / capital with 600,000 inhabitats): - In Port Moresby people pay 38 Kina per 3-months and per property; in Lae they pay just 5

Kina (i.e. 1.5 euros) per year and per property, i.e. about 30 times less! - In Port Moresby, the entire collection is outsourced to private contractors using both

compactors and open-top trucks for collection (with NCDC-WMD supervising – cf. above), whereas in Lae, the Lae City Council has its own collection (mostly open-top) trucks. Lae used to follow the same system as Port Moresby in the past, but was abandoned years ago.

The power plant is a gas-fired one and is on reserve in the event that the energy supply from the available hydroelectric power plants is not enough. The priority given in PNG to hydro-electric energy was found to be really amazing. Beside the PNG ‘mainland’, also many islands (New Britain, Bougainville) were reported to have major hydroelectric potential. Along the way to and from the dump and the power plant, numerous industries were observed, mostly from the food sector (whereby, a river next to a particular biscuit factory was very smelly), as well as a general hospital still treating cholera victims from last year’s plague (which had actually originated from Lae and was attributed at least 7 deaths mostly due to other underlying deceases).


Monday and Tuesday morning meetings in Lae with Unitech executives (July 26-27)

- Top left: With Chris Kobal outside the Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor’s (Prof. Muhammed A.

Satter) office. This first meeting was maybe the most ‘progressive’ one, as the decision to introduce the CODWAP MSc in an intra-Departmental way was made by the top levels of Unitech administration.

- Top middle: With the Head of the Civil Engineering Department (Prof. Yaip K. Telue). - Top right: At Chris Kobal’s office. - Middle left: With the Pro Vice-Chancellor for administration (Prof. W.F. Tovirika Tsikari). - Middle right: With the Registrar, Mr. Allan J.Q. Sako. - Bottom left: With the Chief Financial Officer (Bursar) Mr. Jimmy Imbok. Some of the most

crucial discussions were made there to avoid the repetition of major problems in CODWAP.


At the Lae city dump (Second Seventh site, July 27, 10:00-12:00)


At a Lae power plant and (mostly food) industries (July 26-27)

- Top 2 rows: A diesel-fired, stand-by power plant, when power supply from hydro falls short. - Bottom 2 rows: Various food industries; Lae is PNG’s industrial centre and an important port.


CODWAP training session and info-day at Unitech (July 26, 13:00-16:00)

- Top left: Announcement of the training session on board. It was also disseminated in the

campus via e-mail and attracted broader attention beyond the Civil Engineering Department. - Top right: CODWAP information booth on July 26. It included the flier, the conference’s 1st

call for papers and the project’s description within AUT-LHTEE’s 2009 annual report. - Bottom left and right: Chris Kobal introducing Prof. Karagiannidis to the attendees. - Middle left and right: Attendees gathered shortly before the initiation of the course. They

included faculty members and students. Students were mostly from the 3rd and 4th year of the Civil Engineering Department, although there were some from other departments as well, as well as faculty members. After the end of the course, it was suggested by some present faculty members of the department of Mechanical Engineering to repeat the course on the next day and some further initiatives were initiated by them, which however did not lead to a repetition of the course due to the close short notice.


CODWAP training session and info-day at Unitech (continued)

- Top (both pictures) and middle left: Prof. Karagiannidis with the attendees after the lecture. - Bottom left and right: Attendees going through the CODWAP distributed material. - Bottom-middle: Chris Kobal making a closing speech to the training session. Some of the attending faculty members can be seen in the front, with students further back. After the 2-hour lecture, a lively discussion of about 30 mins followed on the basis of questions raised by the attendees. Main subjects were mining waste, dumps, open waste burning and hospital wastes. The discussion continued then into the back-to-back tea break, generously arranged by Unitech’s Civil Engineering Department.


Various views from the Unitech campus (July 26-27)

Top left: An interior view of the Civil Engineering Department’s main building (with an overhead hanging ‘plup-plup’ boat). Top centre: Outdoor landscaping with end-of-life tires. Top right: Interior view of the Registrar’s secretariat at the administration building. Middle left: Outside HAUS EUROPA, Unitech’s newest IT centre. Middle centre: Inside the Mining Engineering Department’s labs, in front of recently arrived samples from a nickel-cobalt mine. Middle right: On July 27, with some of the students that attended the July-26 lecture; some further questions were put and a fruitful ‘corridor’ discussion took place. Bottom left: Inside the Civil Engineering Department’s structural labs, with Chris Kobal. Bottom centre: At the Civil Engineering Department’s offices (right: Chris Kobal; left: Pradeep Gampattu, another faculty member and candidate to be included in the MSc). Bottom right: At the Civil Engineering Department’s hydraulics labs.


July 27 (17:00-20:00) Farewell (Lae) dinner of Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal at the Lae Golf Club The CODWAP activities in Lae over the last 2 days were summarized by Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal; they were found to have been very productive and corrective in terms of progress achieved, former failures and barriers reviewed and mitigated, as well as ambitious yet achievable decisions taken for the continuation of the project, structured around the additional approval and initiation of an inter-departmental MSc on waste management in Unitech, based on the one already initiated in Mauritius in the frame of CODWAP. The option of also involving UPNG in this was also discussed and agreed upon, with involved possibilities being either having lectures both in Lae and Port Moresby, or having lecturers from UPNG coming to Lae. Chris Kobal asked for detailed guidance on his budgetary issues and, after dinner, both men returned to his office at Unitech, where they went in detail through the Unitech budget tables in CODWAP. Prof. Avraam Karagiannidis provided various guidelines and explanations according to AUT experience as project partner and coordinator. The issue of own contribution was explained and certain surpluses were identified at the Unitech budget in CODWAP from non-attended project meetings (Bremen/Germany) and foreseen attended conferences (Mykonos/Greece) in the period 2009-2010. It clearly seemed that Chris would undertake his role as representative of Unitech as CODWAP project partner much more closely and eagerly from now on, especially as he is relieved since recently from some major administrative duties (cf. above). It was made again very clear to Chris by Avraam, how important it is for CODWAP to obtain timely submission of deliverables by all partners. Chris was reminder to provide Avraam and Matina (AUT) with the 3-monthly cost updates requested by all partners, in order for AUT to maintain a closer overview of the rate of budget use by the partners (as also specified in the partnership agreement, during the project;s kickoff meeting 1,5 years back). Furthermore, the importance of providing the timely reporting of the 2nd year’s technical and financial report by the end of 2010 was again highlighted ad stressed. July 28, 09:00-14:00 Meetings with the Lae City Council and the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lae city centre – departure from Lae to Port Moresby Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal arrived first to the headquarters of the Lae City Council. They first briefly met the Lord Mayor of Lae, Hon. James Khay and Prof. Karagiannidis briefed him shortly on CODWAP and the role of PNG and Unitech in it. Then, a 1-hour technical meeting was held with the city manager Muruwe Zurenuoc and his associate, city engineer Alex Gawi. CODWAP was of course again the entry point of the discussion, which however extended into the challenges and pending issues regarding waste management for the city of Lae. It was reported that people in Lae paid 45 Kina per quarter per property, which however contradicted with the figure mentioned by Chris Kobal regarding his own charge (5 Kina / year), leading into the conclusion that Unitech might have some special arrangement (as Chris is leaving inside the university campus). It is quite amazing that only bins with a sticker are serviced, the sticker being the proof for payment. The council is contracting the collection trucks at an indicative rate of 350 Kina / day / truck. Furthermore, the Lae city council had a twinning with the Cairns city council from Australia and some years ago there had been an initiating project on setting up a waste management master plan in Lae, which however was not put into practice. The representatives of Lae city council were very interested on CODWAP and further expressed the wish to be supported by their visitors in planning waste management in their city from now on.


Waste management pressures are building up in Lae, with the local dump (Second Seventh site, already visited by Prof. Karagiannidis – cf. above) reportedly reaching saturation point. Numerous CODWAP fliers of all kinds were given to them (with their content explained), both for them as well as for other staff and executives of the Lae city council. The interest to participate in the MSc in Unitech was enquired and it was confirmed that the Lae city council would be highly interested to send some its waste management staff there to be trained. Next, Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal visited the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), an association with over 250 members from Lae. They met its director Mr McLay; after a presentation of CODWAP to him, the discussion continued on the waste management challenges for the industrial and services sector in Lae. The industrial sector in Lae has been very concerned with waste management but some former efforts to support recycling and minimization were not met very favorably by the city council at that time. In the past, a very successful and promising composting program was initiated just across the gates of the Unitech campus, but when the inspirer of the program withdrew, it faded away. Incineration had also been proposed in the past by an American group. Mr McLay promised to send to Prof. Karagiannidis the LCCI’s newsletter and member list, which he did, per e-mail, right on the same day (as Prof. Karagiannidis found out and confirmed on the next day at the Sidney airport, en route back home). A number of CODWAP fliers of all kinds (project flier, conference flier, AUT-LHTEE flier) were left by Mr. McLay from Prof. Karagiannidis and Chris Kobal at the Lae Chamber offices and were agreed to be distributed to the 250 members of LCCI upon occassion. Following the above very constructive meetings with the major (if not the only) Lae SWM stakeholders, Chris accompanied Avraam to the Lae airport (~1h drive from the city). Along the way and at the airport, the 2 summarized all major achievements, agreements, actions and progress made during the last 3 days in Lae regarding CODWAP, emphasizing again on timely and qualitative submission of deliverables, initiation of the process of approving the interdisciplinary MSc in Unitech (with eventual support from UPNG, due to the commonly recognized understaffness of Unitech) and pursuing synergies and osmosis between CODWAP and SWM in the broader Lae area by developing and supporting capacity building, training and awareness raising activities on SWM of both the general public and dedicated target groups. July 28, 18:00-21:00 Farewell (Port Moresby) dinner, hosted by UPNG and NCDC-WMD Upon arrival to Port Moresby from Lae, Prof. Karagiannidis was picked up at the airport by Mr. Simeon Tirena from NCDC-WMD, following arrangements made before his earlier departure from Port Moresby to Lae, 3 days ago. He was then driven to the Palazzo restaurant (next to the NCDC-WMD headquarters), were an informal farewell dinner was organized by Prof. Frank Griffin. One of the Vice City-Managers of Port Moresby was there, as well as Dr. Peter Petsul from UPNG (cf. also July-23 meeting at Hideway hotel). Avraam briefed everybody on the progress achieved during the last 3 days in Lae and especially on the warm acceptance by Unitech of his proposal to include UPNG in the MSc on waste management, which was proposed and decided to be implemented to Unitech on an inter-disciplinary basis and under rather favorable approval conditions (cf. July-24 meeting with Unitech’s Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. M. Satter). UPNG and NCDC-WMD re-confirmed their great interest for the master course, recognizing again the need for training on SWM in PNG, as the later is becoming a growing issue, with mining waste being so far mostly in forefront, but municipal waste pressures growing steadily as PNG seems to be getting out of its traditional organic-economy era.


At Lae City Council with the Lord Mayor and Lae city officials (July 28, 09:00-11:00)

At the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry (July 28, 11:00 - 12:00)


Lae rural streets and waste (July 26-28)


Wrap-up and To-do list On the basis of discussions performed, initiatives undertaken, agreements reached, consensus obtained, clarifications provided and arrangements made during this consolidated mission to Papua New Guinea and Australia in the frame of the CODWAP project, the following non-exhaustive to-do list was compiled: Unitech, coordinated in its CODWAP-related efforts by Chris Kobal, will:

- Make all arrangements to initiate the CODWAP MSc in Unitech; this development is constitutes a significant project breakthrough and individual achievement of the present mission, apart from all other achievements (trainings, info day, lecture, dissemination, field surveys and site visits).

• The CODWAP-derived, Unitech MSc on SWM will be set in an interdisciplinary mode and with the inclusion of external experts where necessary, especially from UPNG.

• The curriculum for the PNG MSc will be largely based on the one developed for UoM already during CODWAP, but with suitable adjustments: (e.g. Mining Wastes will be for PNG a core rather than an elective module as in UoM).

• The Unitech MSC will have an explicit intrinsic multidisciplinary character, in the sense that it will be initiated by Unitech’s 3 departments (i.e. the Civil Engineering –CODWAP participant- as well as the Mechanical Engineering and Mining Engineering ones).

- Perform a regular 3-month (both technical and -maily- financial project) reporting to the CODWAP coordinator, as requested by the other partners to facilitate proper project management.

- Emphasize strongly on providing a timely and proper annual report for the 2nd project year, in order to avoid repeating the significant issues and delays raised during the project’s 1st year, which have further resulted in the delayed processing of the overall 1st year project report from the EU.

- Sustain the contacts obtained with the Port Moresby’s NCDC-WMD, the Lae city Council and LCCI for developing further synergies with CODWAP regarding capacity building and awareness raising on SWM in PNG.

The location and date of the next CODWAP project meeting (an issue left still open from the last Bremen project meeting) will be shortly decided by AUT-LHTEE following proper consultation and finalization among all project partners; this decision will largely depend on the on-going final developments in UoM regarding the initiation of the implementation of the MSc on the basis of initially expressed interest and currently performed re-advertising by UoM; this has been a result of the unavoidably short notice of the course advertisement following final recent university approval as a result of a long process within UoM. The most probable venue right now for the next project meeting is UoM and the date will have to be either in November or December 2010, as also discussed in Bremen and confirmed from the latest July-August 2010 developments in UoM regarding the MSc final initiation stages. This decision is expected to be made by early September 2010 the latest.


References

1. Paradise in-flight with Air Niugini, vol. 3, 2010. 2. Our way, your in-flight magazine compliments of Airlines PNG, vol. 16, 2010. 3. PNG 2010 Yellow Pages (Recyclers). 4. PNG resources, Reporting on PNG’s petroleum and mineral industry, 2010. 5. PNG’s international business and investment guide, 2010/2011.

Acronyms

ACP: African, Caribbean and Pacific AUT: Aristotle University Thessaloniki CODWAP: Curriculum Development on SWM in Africa and the Pacific Region GIS: Geographic Information System HFO: Heavy Fuel Oil JICA: Japanese International Cooperation Aid LCCI: Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry LHTEE: Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering LNG: Liquified Natural Gas NCDC: National Capital District Commission PM: Port Moresby PNG: Papua New Guinea POP: Persistent Organic Pollutant SWM: Solid Waste Management TUD: Technical University of Dresden UoM: University of Mauritius UPNG: University of PNG WMD: Waste Management Division WWTP: Wastewater Treatment Plant

Acknowledgements The presently reported consolidated 2-week mission from Greece to Papua New Guinea and Australia in the frame of the EDULINK project CODWAP was particularly challenging, both logistically and content-wise, while also organized on an unavoidably very short notice after the CODWAP Bremen meeting in early June 2010. Neither would this consolidated mission have been made possible, nor would it have the success and multiple synergistic effects that it finally achieved, if it had not been for the warm support, professional contribution and timely active involvement of a number of people, above and beyond any simple or conventional contractual obligation or academic courtesy. Many have to be thanked for it in Brisbane, Brussels, Dresden, Lae, Port Moresby and Thessaloniki, also and especially for the superb site visits arranged in PNG and for the continuous real-time guidance before and during the mission.

List of Annexes

1. Student attendee list of the July-26 training workshop at Lae (Unitech). 2. Program of the July-21 e-waste workshop at Brisbane. 3. Powerpoint presentation at the July-26 training workshop at Lae (ppt).


Annex 1. Student attendees of the July 26 training workshop on SWM


Annex 2. Program of the July-21 e-waste workshop at Brisbane

Ewaste 2010

South Pacific Regional E‐waste Workshop Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane, Australia, 21 July 2010

Workshop Programme 8.00-8.45 Registration and Coffee 8.45-9.00 Opening Remarks from the Chair 9.00-9.30 Keynote Address

Sustainable metals recycling from waste electronics - opportunities & challenges in a global environment Dr Christian Hagelüken, Senior Manager, Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Germany/Belgium and Member of StEP Steering Committee

9.30-12.20 Workshop Session 1 9.30-9.50 Making Product Stewardship a Reality: The Role of Intelligent Regulation and

Innovative PROs John Gertsakis, Executive Officer, Product Stewardship Australia

9.50-10.10 Current status and future directions of e-waste management in Australia

Ian Birks, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Information Industry Association 10.10-10.30 Industry-based schemes to close the loop on E-Waste

Rod Welford, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Recyclers 10.30-11.00 Morning Tea 11.00-12.20 Workshop Session 2 11.00-11.20 Managing e-waste in local government authorities: Case study from Brisbane City

Council Harry Copeland, Manager, Strategy & Projects, City Waste Services, Brisbane City Council

11.20-11.40 Mobile Phone Recycling in Australia: Challenges and Outcomes

Rose Read, Manager Recycling, Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association 11.40-12.00 The niche of process metallurgy in design for sustainability

Prof Markus Reuter, Chief Executive Technologist, Outotec Ausmelt Ltd., Australia 12.00-12.20 Role of Public Interest in Addressing Electronic Waste

Mariann Lloyd-Smith, International POPs Elimination Network


12.20-12.40 E-waste challenges and changes in New Zealand Helen Bolton, Senior Advisor, Waste Minimization Implementation, Sustainable Business Group, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand

12.40-1.40 Lunch 1.40-3.00 Workshop Session 3 1.40-2.00 Regional 3R Forum in Asia: Contribution towards sustainable management of e-waste in

Asia Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Japan (TBC)

2.00-2.20 The Smelter route – Efficient recycling of electronic scrap Prof Theo Lehner, Manager, Business Development, Boliden Mineral AB, Sweden

2.20-2.40 Current situation of recycling e-waste in Korea Dr Jae-Chun Lee, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea

2.40-3.00 Managing e-waste in Indonesia- Current status and future challenges

Emma Rachmawaty, Assistant Deputy Minister for Management of Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste Manufacture and Agro Industry, Ministry of Environment, Indonesia

3.00-3.15 Electronic Design and Manufacture to minimize e-waste problems

Sundra Raj, Vice-President - Engineering GOES ASIA, Flextronics Manufacturing (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore

3.15-3.30 E-waste management in Greece in view on contemporary challenges

Dr Avraam Karagiannidis, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

3.30-4.00 Afternoon Tea 4.00-6:00 Challenges and Strategies for E-waste Management in the South Pacific Region –

Small Group Discussions Small group discussions provide an opportunity for workshop participants to provide

their input towards the recommendations of the workshop. Given that most of the participants are currently engaged in managing e-waste, this section of the workshop will also provide an opportunity to show case your success stories or talk about your own issues, challenges and suggestions.

6.00-6.30 Development of recommendations for StEP Workshop in 2011 and seek expressions

of interest for participation in StEP Workshop in 2011 During this session a summary of all the findings/recommendations from each small discussion groups will be presented to the audience. Open discussion will then take place to prioritise the key challenges that would form the recommendations for StEP Workshop in 2011.

6.30-6:45 Workshop Close and Thanks by the Chair 6.45-7.45 Evening Cocktails & Networking 8.00 onwards Workshop Banquet

Meeting in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Documents

Transcript of Meeting in Australia and Papua New Guinea