This volume is part of a series of publications on waste management in SIDS prepared by the UNEP's Division of Environmental Policy Implementation. The publications were prepared as part of the UNEP project Integrated Waste Management in SIDS in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Atlantic (IMA) Regions, which was implemented by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). These guidelines were prepared using inputs from the Caribbean, Pacific and IMA regions and later reviewed at the UNEP Meeting of Experts on Waste Management in Small Island Developing States organised in London by the Islands and Small States Institute in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, from 2 to 5 November 1999. They were endorsed later that at a meeting of experts held in Mauritius from 22 to 24 November 1999 under the auspices of the Indian Ocean Commission.