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Marine pollution is the result of harmful chemicals entering the ocean, polluted waste waters industrial, agricultural and residential waste, garbage from ships and the spread of invasive organisms. A major source of marine pollution is related to plastics intentionally thrown from shore or boats or are unintentionally carried by winds or streams.

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 plastic 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.

Chaque année, la quantité de déchets plastiques déversée dans les écosystèmes aquatiques représente entre 9 et 14 millions de tonnes et cette projection pourrait presque tripler pour atteindre 23 à 37 millions de tonnes par an d'ici 2040. Un rapport de la Fondation Ellen MacArthur estime qu’il y aurait maintenant plus de 150 millions de tonnes de plastique dans les océans à l’heure actu. Cela représente environ une tonne de plastique pour trois tonnes de poisson. Si la tendance se poursuit, la masse de plastique dans les océans dépassera celle des poissons d'ici 2050. Il résulte de cette situation des risques pour la santé humaine par ingestion de fruits de mer et de poissons contaminés par des plastiques. Il existe des solutions pour faire face à ce problème croissant, et la première action est de changer notre comportement. Faisons-le pour la Terre, faisons-le pour nos Enfants !

To promote a Cleaner Pacific, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) actively participated in the International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) 2022, bringing together close to 2000 volunteers from 6 Pacific island countries. The ICCD is the single largest coastal clean-up day in the world, and this is the second year SPREP has been involved in the activity through a collaborative effort between projects, partners and communities in the Pacific.

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.