Project Name：St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project (Phase 2)

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Caribbean, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis

Project Description：

Taiwan and the government of St. Kitts and Nevis have cooperated on the “St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project” since 2021. aimed at enhancing resource recycling awareness among the people and assisting the government in establishing a preliminary waste recycling model and mechanism. As to effectively accelerate the development of waste recycling in St. Kitts and Nevis, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis hopes to continue to leverage Taiwan's experience in waste recycling systems to improve back-end waste disposal capabilities and increase resource reuse rates., align with international green environmental protection and Net Zero trends, and achieve sustainable development goals. The main contents of this project include: (1) Establishing a backend recycling channel to enhance the economic value of recyclables and establish a high-value system; (2) Assisting the government of St. Kitts and Nevis in strengthening strategic planning and enhancing public awareness of recycling.

Region：Caribbean

Implementation Start Date：2024-08-01

Implementation End Date：2027-12-31

Project Objectives：

Enhanced the back-end waste treatment and recycling capabilities of St. Kitts and Nevis, successfully processing 50% of the total recyclables collected by the project before its end.

Executing Agency：

 Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment, St. Kitts; Ministry of Health, Gender Affairs and Social Empowerment, Nevis; Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis

Implementation Progress：

As of the end of March 2026, the project has completed the following key activities:

1. Completed the expansion works and opening ceremonies for the recycling facilities on both islands of St. Kitts and Nevis.
2. Established paper recycling procedures with three partner enterprises on St. Kitts, while the paper recycling operation model for Nevis is currently under planning.
3. Completed the island-wide division of recycling zones and planning of collection routes and collection frequency on Nevis.
4. Organized 23 public awareness activities on waste sorting and recycling, as well as 16 government training and exchange activities.
5. Completed 47 training sessions on waste sampling and analysis, and conducted waste characterization sampling on St. Kitts.
6. Organized 1 recycling competition.

Project Contact：Chou Ting Yu

Phone：02-28886052

E-mail：t.y.chou@icdf.org.tw

Signing Date：2024-07-31