Roughly 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters our oceans each year.
About 42,000 tons of recyclables are collected every year on Guam alone, and China’s new policy against taking other countries’ rubbish causes anxiety, not just to recycling businesses but to solid waste managers as well.
No-one has lived on Henderson Island since the 15th century, but it has the highest density of plastic debris recorded anywhere in the world.
During the PacWaste Plus Inception Meeting (27-29 May in Nadi, Fiji), a session on ‘Project Logic and Data Strategy’ identified the key regional challenges of waste management and pollution control associated with data collection and access to information.
Representatives from fifteen (15) Pacific islands have gathered in Nadi this week in the framework of the Pacific- European Union Waste Management Programme (PacWaste) to discuss how to reduce the production of, and improve the management of, hazardous wastes, solid wastes and waterways
A remote tropical island paradise off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean has become home to hundreds of tonnes of rubbish. Click on the link below to read the full article.
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy - PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Republic of Marshall Islands. (For Nationals And Permanent Residents Of RMI ONLY).
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy - PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Vanuatu. (For Nationals And Permanent Residents Of Vanuatu ONLY). Click On The Link Below For Further
SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy - PacWaste Plus Regional Project Officer, Fiji. (For nationals and permanent residents of Fiji ONLY). Click On The Link Below F
