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Disaster waste refers to the overwhelming waste generated during disasters as a result of the impacts of extreme natural hazards to the surrounding natural environment, public infrastructure and facilities as well as people's properties.

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.

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 SWAP supported the Samoa Recycling Waste Management Association to conduct a beach clean-up activity, 46 volunteers acted for the preservation of their environment by collecting 8kg of waste discarded along the shorelines of Salelologa in Savaii Island, Samoa.

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.

To promote a Cleaner Pacific, SPREP actively participated in the International Coastal Clean-up Day 2022 Through the KIOST Pacific Ocean Acidification Programme, in collaboration with the Agence française de Développement-funded SWAP Project and the Australian funded POLP Project.

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.

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.

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 menée par le Foyer Socio-éducatif du collège Vaimoana 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.