Let me introduce you to the Moana Taka Partnership (MTP)

It is a public private partnership signed between Swire Shipping and SPREP, under which Swire Shipping vessels carry containers of recyclable waste from Pacific island ports to ports around the Pacific Rim to be sustainably treated and recycled in accredited facilities.

It was first signed in 2018 and grown from just 3 shipments to 100 traveling to multiple countries in the Asia Pacific.

The ISLANDS Programme aims at expanding this success story on a global scale, making it a reality in other SIDS regions too.

The General Manager Sustainable Development Division SWIRE Shipping, Mr Simon Bennett said: “Tell us what you've got. Tell us where you want to send it to because we, as a shipping company, have no knowledge or expertise in that area. There is nowhere on our route network that we cannot ship from and there is nowhere on our route network that we cannot ship to. So, if you know where you can ship it to, we will provide the container for free, and we will ship it for free to a place where it can be responsibly recycled.”