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What is used oil? Used Oil is petroleum-based or synthetic oil contaminated with impurities. Generated from engines industrial uses, and mainly cars (50%). Contains toxic PAHs, heavy metals: causes chronic health risks

Pacific island countries and territories offer rich ecosystems threatened by population and urbanisation growth and changing consumption patterns, leading to increased waste generation. Healthy Pacific ecosystems are essential for economic development of communities in the Pacific island countries and territories however due to their economic and ecological features, these Pacific islands face their own challenges.

Marine Litter Study Report produced with the financial assistance of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group funds under the SUSTAINABLE WASTE ACTIONS IN THE PACIFIC (SWAP) project in SPREP, with associated project support of the Pacific Ocean Litter Project (POLP) and the Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (GEF ISLANDS) for informational purposes only to acknowledge the support of work provided by representatives of the participating countries and territories, as well as all the organisations, communities and volunteers involved in beach clean-ups and litter audits and surveys for their valuable work throughout the implementation of the project and activities.

Sustainable Coastlines is providing in person training for communities and associations involved in the implementation of the SWAP Marine litter Pilot Projects, to enable them to conduct statistically sound beach litter surveys and audits during clean-up activities and to enable them to record this data using the Litter Intelligence online application for Marine Litter data sharing.

This factsheet is intended to support fully informed global plastics treaty negotiations by clarifying the terminology used to describe plastics as polymers or materials and not plastics as products.

The ever-increasing discharges and accumulation of microplastics in the environment is a serious global concern. Microplastics are found in polar ice caps, at the top of mountains, in soil, freshwater systems and all ocean basins, from the surface to the deep sea.

Sea-based marine plastic pollution is roughly estimated to comprise around 20% of all marine plastic pollution and represents a major threat to marine ecosystem. However, sea-based marine plastic pollution has not been sufficiently addressed to date representing a significant gap in global governance.

Sustainable coastlines is providing in person training for communities and associations involved in the implementation of the SWAP Marine Litter Pilot projects to enable them to conduct statistically sound beach litter surveys and audits during clean-up activities and to enable them to record this data using the litter intelligence online application for Marine litter data sharing.

Since 2018, Sustainable coastlines has been delivering a long-term citizen science programme in New Zealand to collect open-access scientific data on marine litter and use it to turn insights into action.

Since 2018, Sustainable Coastlines has been delivering a long-term citizen science program in New Zealand to collect open-access scientific data on marine liter and use it to turn insights into action.