A new day has come for people living in the Moala Settlement in Nasinu because they will no longer call their river bank a dumping site after the Trashboom Project was launched at Rishikul Nadera Primary School.
Moala Settlement representative, Kini Rokosemudu says they are thankful for the hardwork being done by Bioenergy Insight Pacific in collaboration with the United National Development Program and the Nasinu Town Council in finding a solution for a problem they have faced for the past 50 years.
Rokosemudu told fijivillage News that the impacts caused by the amount of rubbish being collected on the banks of their river have resulted in landslides and fewer fish and crabs found in the river.
He says in the past they used to get mud crabs and fish from the river, but until now there is nothing but a pile of household rubbish piled on mangrove trees.
Rokosemudu says with the Trashboom Project being launched, they can say that there is a bright future for their future generation.
During the launch, Chair of the Nasinu Town Council Felix Magnus said after looking at the project and what it has collected for the past 2-days, he can see the concerns raised by World leaders and leaders in Fiji that we have a waste crisis at hand.
He says this waste crisis needs to be addressed and one of the ways it can be addressed is through the Trashboom initiative by keeping our waterways clean.
He adds the biggest concern is the micro-plastic or plastic that gets into the ocean and the degradation that happens to the plastic over time, so it's a concern for human consumption and human health and there is a need to address the pollution of waterways.
The Chair of the Nasinu Town Council is calling on the Government of the day and all Municipalities and policymakers to take charge of this and roll out this initiative of Trashbooms around Fiji.
