A global youth movement, which focuses on emerging waste issues like plastic pollution, will soon reach the Pacific.
Stories
Posted inStory / Papua New Guinea
New Pacific Waste Management facility in PNG on the agenda for a Cleaner Pacific
TWM with a strong sustainable environment ethos, to expand into becoming a suitable Pacific hub solution by the development of its Integrated Waste Management Facility
Posted inStory / Solomon Islands
Innovator sees possibilities in waste management, inspires national movement against plastics
Solomon Islands leads a growing army of individuals who are passionate to reduce plastic waste by transforming it into money-making products for the local and tourism market
Posted inStory / Kiribati
Seas are coming for us in Kiribati
Former Kiribati President calls for access to secure futures rather than being climate refugees. “Our land is disappearing faster than global action can stem climate change.”
Posted inStory / Our region
Clean Pacific roundtable maps out way forward to reduce impact off healthcare waste on our environment and public health
Clean Pacific roundtable addressed the healthcare waste management project to assist participating project countries to treat healthcare wastes efficiently and sustainably
Posted inStory / Our region
Clean Pacific roundtable enables Pacific Islands to enhance Understanding of waste management sustainable financing systems
Pacific Island countries were provided with a learning opportunity to enhance their understanding of waste management sustainable financing systems
Posted inStory / Vanuatu
Vanuatu plastic bottle buyback project pays school fees, puts food on the table
Waste Not, Want Not Project in Vanuatu continues to encourage community members to increase economic resilience and health through improved waste management practices
Posted inStory / Marshall Islands
After COP26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping
A meeting of the IMO this week is the first test of translating promises made in Glasgow into bold action. The world must turn its gaze to shipping
Posted inOpinion / Our region
COP26 and the Pacific: Reframe the Narrative
As part of the Pacific Voices series, academics Katerina Teaiwa and Isabella Ostini say we need to reframe our questions and the ways in which Pacific climate stories are told.
Posted inStory / Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Recyclers and Waste Association Eye Cleaner Country And Green Pacific Games
SIRWMA is optimistic to keep the Solomon Islands clean and pollution-free “especially plastic waste that starts on land and ends up in our oceans.”