BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Trevor Mahaga has acknowledged citizen-driven activities that positively reflect this year’s Global Recycling Day theme.
This year’s theme for Global Recycling Day is Recycling Heroes which aims to recognise people, places and activities and showcase how recycling contributes to an environmentally stable planet and a greener future for all.
“As we commemorate Global Recycling Day 2025 at the national level, I would like to reflect and acknowledge the resurgence of stakeholder partners, private sectors, and citizen-driven activities that reflect positively on the theme,’’ said Minister Mahaga.
“These efforts and partnerships have been made possible through coordination and support from the national government, government partners, regional institutions, the private sector, and other stakeholders.
“Two of the significant national efforts I want to highlight include the Solomon Islands recently drafting on 1-September-2023 legislation to ban 5 types of single-use plastics,’’ he said.
Managa revealed that through the work led by his ministry, they are now working towards having in place a product deposit legislation and a container deposit system.
He said that the product deposit legislation and deposit system provide a regular funding mechanism to enable the collection and export of recyclable items.
“When trapped items are imported, a small fee collection and deposit is applied, the fee providing recycling agencies with a sustainable income to fund recycling activities, and the deposit providing an incentive for consumers to retain products to a recycled collection point,’’ he said.
Global Recycling Day is celebrated every year on March 18th. This year 2025, the event falls on a Saturday 23rd March.
The day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of waste on the environment and encourage people to take action to protect the planet for future generations.
Global Recycling Day was first established in 2018 by the Global Recycling Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to promote the importance of recycling and support sustainable development.
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