UN General Assembly President urged the global community to commit to concrete and significant actions to protect the ocean
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More plastics to be added to ban list, says Samoa Environment Chief
Samoa to add more plastic items to the ban list upon the availability of appropriate alternatives in the fight against plastic pollution
SPREP applauds endorsement of resolution to end Plastic Pollution
SPREP call on the international community to help the Pacific from further pollution impacts by taking urgent and immediate action to agree on endorsement to end Plastic Pollution
WWF commends UN Environment Assembly’s watershed decision to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty
WWF urges the world’s governments to seize the most ambitious environmental actions to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution
Pacific islands prepare for UNEA 5.2, marine and plastic pollution targeted
Pacific Islands to advance the fight against marine and plastic pollution at the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch now ‘an immense floating plastic habitat’
A giant patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean is now “an immense floating plastic habitat” for marine animals clinging to its plastic debris, researchers have found
Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch”.
Global Youth Programme tackling Plastic pollution to launch Pacific chapter
A global youth movement, which focuses on emerging waste issues like plastic pollution, will soon reach the Pacific.
Marine Litter, Plastics Pollution, and Human Rights: Factsheets on preventing plastic pollution launched at premiere regional waste forum
A range of factsheets have been produced to prevent plastic pollution in the Pacific region
Taking on the World’s Plastic Footprint
Plastic waste crisis is impacting more people today than climate change, Asia-based advocate says