Across the Pacific, small island nations are faced with a problem that grows bigger by the day: trash. Islanders have adopted western-style consumerism, with all the solid waste that comes with it, but haven’t any land to dispose of it. It’s an environmental and public health hazard of ballooning proportions. Majuro Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, has launched a waste management program that offers a solution to the garbage crisis. This story was produced for Radio Netherlands's Earthbeat.
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