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Fiji Villagers Reject Plan for 'Pacific Ashtray' in Beach Paradise
Proponents say the plant could process 900,000 tonnes of waste a year and supply up to 40% of Fiji’s electricity needs.
- On Tuesday, traditional landowner Inoke Tora traveled to Suva with a village petition opposing the $630 million waste-to-energy incinerator proposed for Vuda Point, designed to process up to 900,000 tonnes of waste annually.
- Fiji's United Nations ambassador Filipo Tarakinikini warned Monday the Vuda coast must not become the "Pacific's ashtray," citing risks of ash residue and dioxin contamination while environmental impact statements show the project would raise Fiji's national emissions by 25 percent.
- Australian entrepreneurs Ian Malouf and Rob Cromb are driving the proposal within 15 kilometres of Nadi; the project comes eight years after a similar incinerator plan was rejected in New South Wales as a health risk.
- Tourism Minister Vilame Gavoka stated the incinerator could jeopardize tourism across Nadi, while today, April 22, marks the final day Fiji's environment department accepts public submissions on the $630 million proposal.
- Modelling indicates the facility may require imported waste as a "supplementary source" from around 2033, while opponents argue the proposal breaches a 1998 convention prohibiting hazardous waste shipments to Pacific nations.
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Fiji villagers reject plan for 'Pacific ashtray' in beach paradise
An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
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