Implementing a Deposit Refund System for P.E.T bottles in the Maldives: An Ex-ante Analysis of Political Feasability Based on the Models of Kiribati and Palau
(2016) In IIIEE Masters Thesis IMEN33 20161The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- PET waste is the most visible environmental threat in the Maldives, a Small Island Developing
State (SIDS). The thesis aims to propose the deposit refund system as a policy intervention,
and evaluates the feasibility of introducing the system in the Maldives.
In order to see how other SIDS have implemented the policy, the research uses policy
evaluation framework to analyse the implementation mechanisms (design of material and
financial flows, and allocation of roles and responsibilities) and evaluate the environmental
effectiveness of the policy, in Kiribati, and Palau, two SIDS in the Pacific. Collection of PET
bottles, and reduction of PET litter are used as proxies to assess how much the policy
achieved its goals of litter... (More) - PET waste is the most visible environmental threat in the Maldives, a Small Island Developing
State (SIDS). The thesis aims to propose the deposit refund system as a policy intervention,
and evaluates the feasibility of introducing the system in the Maldives.
In order to see how other SIDS have implemented the policy, the research uses policy
evaluation framework to analyse the implementation mechanisms (design of material and
financial flows, and allocation of roles and responsibilities) and evaluate the environmental
effectiveness of the policy, in Kiribati, and Palau, two SIDS in the Pacific. Collection of PET
bottles, and reduction of PET litter are used as proxies to assess how much the policy
achieved its goals of litter reduction. Based on these findings, and the analysis of the current
Maldivian context, a blueprint of a hypothetical deposit refund system is presented, to be
potentially implemented in the capital city of the Maldives, Male’, by the newly established
Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO). The assessment of the economic viability of
implementing a deposit refund system for one year in Male’, based on the Pacific model
demonstrate that the deposit refund system can generate a net revenue for the Corporation.
Moreover, the political feasibility of introducing this model, based on the assessment of
stakeholders’ power and interest reveal that introducing the deposit refund system in the
Maldives depend upon the interest and knowledge of policy elites and Parliamentarians
belonging to the ruling party. The ruling party has the ultimate power to induce the system,
due to the political system being fraught with challenges to democratic consolidation, uneven
distribution of power, and weak interest groups. (Less)
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- author
- Hawwa, Nashfa LU
- supervisor
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- Naoko Tojo LU
- organization
- course
- IMEN33 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- SIDS, political feasibility, PET, Maldives, deposit-refund system
- publication/series
- IIIEE Masters Thesis
- report number
- 2016:42
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 8895457
- date added to LUP
- 2016-11-28 10:30:06
- date last changed
- 2016-11-28 10:30:06
@misc{8895457, abstract = {{PET waste is the most visible environmental threat in the Maldives, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS). The thesis aims to propose the deposit refund system as a policy intervention, and evaluates the feasibility of introducing the system in the Maldives. In order to see how other SIDS have implemented the policy, the research uses policy evaluation framework to analyse the implementation mechanisms (design of material and financial flows, and allocation of roles and responsibilities) and evaluate the environmental effectiveness of the policy, in Kiribati, and Palau, two SIDS in the Pacific. Collection of PET bottles, and reduction of PET litter are used as proxies to assess how much the policy achieved its goals of litter reduction. Based on these findings, and the analysis of the current Maldivian context, a blueprint of a hypothetical deposit refund system is presented, to be potentially implemented in the capital city of the Maldives, Male’, by the newly established Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO). The assessment of the economic viability of implementing a deposit refund system for one year in Male’, based on the Pacific model demonstrate that the deposit refund system can generate a net revenue for the Corporation. Moreover, the political feasibility of introducing this model, based on the assessment of stakeholders’ power and interest reveal that introducing the deposit refund system in the Maldives depend upon the interest and knowledge of policy elites and Parliamentarians belonging to the ruling party. The ruling party has the ultimate power to induce the system, due to the political system being fraught with challenges to democratic consolidation, uneven distribution of power, and weak interest groups.}}, author = {{Hawwa, Nashfa}}, issn = {{1401-9191}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{IIIEE Masters Thesis}}, title = {{Implementing a Deposit Refund System for P.E.T bottles in the Maldives: An Ex-ante Analysis of Political Feasability Based on the Models of Kiribati and Palau}}, year = {{2016}}, }