Revised 2021-2022 Budget: $45k allocation to address solid waste and end littering

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WWF officer North Opeti Vateitei (left) and a Naqumu villager in Macuata sort out plastic waste at the village. Picture: SUPPLIED/FT FILE

A total of $45,000 has been allocated for a Consultancy for Development of Fiji’s container Deposit Regulations.

While delivering the 2021-2022 Revised National Budget in Parliament, Economy Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the Government took seriously the need to manage Fiji’s solid waste and end littering and the proliferation of plastic waste and other debris into waterways and the ocean.