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Poor waste management poses risks to the economies of PICTs as most rely heavily on clean environment for agricultural activities and a vibrant tourism industry, therefore polluted and degraded environments pose a significant threat to PICTs.

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.

Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are under increasing pressure from development and growing human population and the social and economic pressures associated with this growth. Increased populations and urbanisation have led to increased product imports and waste generation.

Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) are under increasing pressure from development and growing human population and the social and economic pressures associated with this growth. Used oil has been poorly management in the Pacific in the past and is one of the priority environmental management issues for the region.

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.

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 date using the Litter Intelligence online application for Marine Litter data sharing.

The purpose of this report is to support SWAP and the Solomon Islands government agencies with decision making on the allocation of fruits available for waste disposal site rehabilitation and climate resilience in Tulagi and Gizo.

The purpose of this report is to support SWAP and the Vanuatu government agencies with decision making on the allocation of funds available for waste disposal site rehabilitation and climate resilience in Port Vila and Santo.

Every year, the amount of plastics waste entering aquatic ecosystems is estimated between 9-14 million tons and this projection could nearly triple to 23-37 million tons per year by 2040.

Every year, the amount of plastic waste entering aquatic ecosystems is estimated between 9-14 million ton and this projection could nearly triple to 23-37 million tons per year by 2040.