How do our Pacific neighbours deal with waste?
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How do our Pacific neighbours deal with waste?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202619 min
  • Society

Many Pacific islands import the bulk of goods used in their countries, and some are finding creative ways to deal with the waste created.

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Belle Chellingworth is back with us, Belle's Principal Consultant at BC Consulting.

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Waste Not or Not with Belle Chellingworth. Belle Chellingworth is back with us, Belle's Principal Consultant at BC Consulting. She is fresh from taking part in a big event that's one of the lead-in events to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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You know that COP31 is coming up in Turkey in less than a month's time. I'm going to get Belle to explain exactly what she's been up to. Hello. Welcome back.

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Hi. Thanks, Suzanne. Um, last week it's a lead in event to COP31, but it's not the same event that we might have heard about that was being held in Fiji.

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