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Since 2000, J-PRISM has been developing human resources and reinforcing administrative systems for solid waste management in the island states of the Pacific region.

Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries (J-PRISM), the 5-year, regional project implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) officially commenced in February 2011 with the arrival of the Chief Advisor Mr. Shiro Amano at the Project Office based in the SPREP Office Apia, Samoa. The first issue of “J-PRISM FLASH” provides an introduction of the J-PRISM and an update of the project activity in 2011.

Marine litter is a global concern affecting all the oceans of the world. It poses environmental, economic, health and aesthetic problems that are rooted in poor solid waste management practices, lack of infrastructure, indiscriminate human activities and behaviours and an inadequate understanding on the part of the public of the potential consequences of their actions. The UNEP Global Initiative on Marine Litter has provided an effective framework for conducting regional activities addressing marine litter around the world, including those of the 12 participating Regional Seas programmes.

Presentation on creating awareness on recycling

Natural decomposition processes in landfills emit "landfill gas." Approximately half of that landfill gas is methane, the second leading greenhouse gas emitted in the United States. Landfill methane emissions are of national concern because they are the largest source (approximately 33 percent) of anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States.