Pacific Island Countries are analysing a study on how well vessel operators are complying with the main rule to control marine pollution in the WCPO.
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Styrofoam ban now in effect in Samoa
Use of any Styrofoam products is now prohibited in Samoa.
Clean up exposes plastic and styrofoam dumped in Nabukalou Creek
Paddlers and volunteers clean up polluted Nabukalou Creek in Suva.
Use of coconut baskets at Gizo market
Gizo community prefer coconut baskets to discourage the single-use of plastic.
Five Schools Trial Solutions to Reduce Plastics
Honiara, Solomon Islands — Five Honiara schools are trying for 10 weeks to replace single-use plastics in their lunch service through a new waste management initiative. Koloale, Florence Young and Emmaus schools are trialing a refundable-fee scheme, which involves lunch vendors or the school canteen serving lunches with reusable containers. Students are refunded a small […]
PNG Environment Minister wants plastic ban enforced by November
Papua New Guinea Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Minister Geoffrey Kama wants an outright ban on the manufacture, import and use of single-use plastic shopping bags in the country by November. Kama told journalists in Port Moresby that the ban introduced by former minister Sir John Pundari was a noble move which he wanted to […]