disposed in a monofill adjacent to the WTE plant. Also, wastewater will be used for
operational processes such as cooling, to avoid using Mauritius’ limited freshwater
supplies.
In addition to drastically reducing the amount of waste landfilled, the WTE facility will
have the advantage of reducing Mauritius’ greenhouse gas emissions; in fact, the
Government has approved and endorsed the project as a national project under the Kyoto
Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Finally, the site selected for the
WTE facility is located in a more densely populated area than the present landfill, which
will translates into truck fuel savings and traffic reduction.
WTE would be a solution to Mauritius’ waste management problems, but its
implementation is yet to happen. It is worth pointing out that, unlike all the previously
studied islands, Mauritius has a sanitary landfill in place.