As many readers are aware, Te Ipukarea Society, with the support of the Tourism Industry Council and Cook Islands Tourism authority, has recently launched an eco certification scheme for tourism operators. Link to the full article below.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2nd Pacific Islands Environment Leadership Awards (PIELA).
Rubbish has been washing up on its isolated beaches in the Pitcairn chain at a rate of several thousand bits of plastic a day. Link to full article below.
A single use plastic ban and importation levy comes into force in Tuvalu from the beginning of August to help deal with waste in the small remote islands. Link to full article below.
A gradual restriction on the use of plastics starts in New Caledonia today. Per capita New Caledonians have reportedly used more than 200 plastic bags each year. Link to the full article below.
You don't have to be a competitive athlete at the Samoa 2019 Pacific games to win a prize! People who show the best environmentally friendly attitude, supporting a beautiful and plastic free Samoa, can go into a draw to receive prizes. Click on the link below for further details.
Samoa is investing heavily to avoid the use of single-use plastics at the Pacific Games which starts this weekend.Click on the link below to read the full article.
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.
