Phoebe Hobson
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 4 Jun
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These projects, many people consider sort of like a bit of a colonial legacy of much wealthier nations sending what they overconsume to places that don't actually produce that much waste.
By environmental activists, it's called waste colonialism.
This project was the brainchild of two men, Rob Crum, who is the managing director of the fashion label Kakai, which is based in Paris, and Ian Maloof, who is a man who has made his fortune from rubbish disposal and this kind of transaction that, you know, you send your rubbish elsewhere for cash.
Their promise was that Fiji could receive 900,000 tonnes of waste and that would then help produce 40% of the country's electricity, weaning them off their reliance on diesel.
Yeah, very strong words, lots of kickback on this.
So this idea that you can send non-recyclable waste and then burn it, it's sometimes seen as a green solution to this problem.
But actually, it can, you know, increase the country's emissions, there's health concerns, they were going to build a whole different port for this project.
And so also Fiji, it's a small country, about a million people, they rely so heavily on tourism.
And the city where it was going to be built near Nadi is the sort of entry point for the tourism where people go in and explore, you know, the stunning sort of beaches and
amazing landscapes and so an incinerator you can imagine would be a bit of an eyesore but also people were worried about what's the impact of this especially these projects that many people consider sort of like a bit of a colonial legacy of much wealthier nations sending what they over consume to places that don't actually produce that much waste.
No, it's not.
I think it's important to recognise this is non-recyclables that will be burnt for energy.
But in general, this idea of waste being sent elsewhere by environmental activists, it's called waste colonialism, is so widespread.
The United Kingdom does it.
The US does it.
Australia does it.
And you send it to the global south.
You have huge issues by this being slightly unregulated, waste ending up in large dumps.
Is it properly being managed?
So, yeah, it's a very controversial issue.
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