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Article: On the blecch.(Oceania)(Brief Article)
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- Earth Island Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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A solid waste crisis threatens to overwhelm many Pacific islands, where human-made debris is piling up on the beaches of paradise.
In Tarawa atoll, the Kiribati (pronounced Ki-ra-bas) government is opening one landfill and building another. But island governments everywhere, along with environmentalists, say they need more help. "We urgently need access to effective and affordable technologies, including recycling equipment, before this issue of wastes becomes critical," says Jagdish Koonjul of Mauritius, head of the Alliance of Small Island ...