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Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given the reliance of countries 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.

This guiding document aims to assist the development and implementation of meaningful actions to support project engagement though focused education, awareness, cost effectiveness, sharing of ideas and make the most effective use of the resources available.

The purpose of this document provides an overarching approach, that can be referenced in PacWastePlus country project National Education and Awareness Plans (NEAP) to support the implementation of the PacWasteplus programme throughout the region.

To determine the baseline threat of microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an important seafood fish from Vueti Navakavu locally managed marine area, a multibiomarker risk assessment was conducted on the thumbprint emperor fish.

We, representatives of the people of the Pacific region and stewards of the world’s largest ocean, meeting at the Environment Ministers’ High-Level Talanoa, 10th September 2021, are deeply concerned about the impacts of plastics and microplastics pollution on our region and that the current patchwork of international legal instruments is not sufficient to prevent the acceleration of these impacts

Plastic pollution is widespread globally Plastic is inexpensive and widely available, meaning that is commonly used and often carelessly discarded. However, the characteristics of plastics, strong and durable, means that plastics discarded into the environment have the capacity to persist for decades or hundreds of years.

The development of a sustainable financing mechanism to assist with funding the sound management of wastes is an opportunity for countries and territories to explore, especially given the current level of donor support on waste management.

PacWastePlus has developed an Asbestos Management Legislative Reform Pathway that clearly identifies the steps necessary to institute bans on asbestos. This Pathway utilises and summaries the various work undertaken such as an analysis of legislative options for the management of asbestos, development of a guidance note/brief on the issues, and a Policy Note to guide the drafting of National legislation to impose a ban on the importation of asbestos. The development of these resources is in direct response to the outcomes of previous SPREP Meetings requesting specific assistance to manage asbestos and ban its importation to the region.

Since 2000, J-PRISM has been developing human resources and reinforcing administrative systems for solid waste management in the island states of the Pacific region.