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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 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

This document gives an overview of the current state of waste management in Fiji. Key data compiled in this document include: "waste managements acts, waste categorization, waste collection, waste disposal, waste recycling, financial assistance to manage waste in country and recommendations to improve solid waste management in Fiji.

Kokusai Kogyo Company Limited (KKCL), the client, has engaged SCOPE Pacific (SPL) to conduct the Waste & Composition Survey (WACS) as part of The Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries Phase 2 This report included the following:  pre-survey questionnaire to collect basic household data, concerns and perceived disposal patterns.  Waste collection, segregation & weighing  Data analysis The purpose of the study was to obtain household solid waste data of present amount and composition from participants in the two cities in The Republic of Fiji Islands - Suva and Lautoka. The results of the survey are to be used by the client to understand the waste flows in both Suva and Lautoka; and to use as a nationwide baseline for household solid waste flows.