In 2014, the total amount of solid waste generated amounted to 1.4 million tonnes, down by 35.9 per cent over the previous year. The main agent being a decrease of 46.0 per cent in the generation of non-hazardous mineral waste, which was partially offset by increases of 68.1 and 7.4 per cent for hazardous and other non-hazardous waste respectively.
Similarly, waste treatment also fell by 35.3 per cent over the same period, mainly due to a steep decrease in the management of waste that was treated as backfilling (75.3 per cent) and disposal at sea (34.8 per cent)...read on.
