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The purpose of this regional project is for Pacific stakeholders, now and into the future, to have practical and resources and decision-support needed to design and implement their own effective organics management solutions, appropriate for their own context and communities. Fiji, FSM, RMI, and the Solomon Islands have chosen organics as a priority or secondary priority of their PacWastePlus country project.

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries’ reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.

The Third Executive Board Meeting was held virtually on 8–9 September 2022 in Apia, Samoa. Present at the meeting were representatives from Niue, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, United Kingdom and Wallis and Futuna. Attending as Observers were Australia and Samoa. The full list of participants is attached as Annex 1.

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries’ reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.

Action conducted by the Pacific Ocean Litter Youth Project (POLYP) & Suva Harbour Foundation Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries’ reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services

The Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific (SWAP) Project is a EURO 3 million Project funded by the Agence Française de Développement and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. The project aims to improve sanitation, environmental, social, and economic conditions in Pacific Island countries and territories through proper waste management.

The project aims to improve sanitation, environmental, social and economic conditions in Pacific Island countries and territories through proper waste management. To this end, involving local communities is a priority.

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries’ reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.

Les déchets marins ont des effets néfastes sur l’environnement, les populations et les économies côtières du monde entier. Pour la région du Pacifique, le problème est d’autant plus grave que les pays dépendent de la santé des écosystèmes marins et de la pérennité des services écosystémiques.

Marine litter negatively affect the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries' reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.