{"id":3538,"date":"2019-06-23T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:46","slug":"vanuatu-to-ban-disposable-nappies-by-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/06\/23\/vanuatu-to-ban-disposable-nappies-by-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanuatu to ban disposable nappies by December"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The small Pacific Ocean island state of Vanuatu is leading the global fight against plastic waste, according to a report in yesterday's Guardian newspaper. The nation is believed to be the first to propose a ban on disposable nappies, to be phased in at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanuatu is safeguarding its future,\u201d said Mike Masauvakalo of the ministry of foreign affairs ... \"Vanuatu is very vocal about the climate emergency. It is visible, we are living it. It is affecting our food supply and our fish populations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of uproar from the community and women\u2019s groups about the ban,\u201d he added, explaining the\u00a0task to find a replacement that parents would be happy with posed a challenge, but that they were looking into cotton alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Masauvakalo also states that last year\u2019s plastic bag ban was already having an effect in the country, with less plastic waste on the streets and people using fabric and locally made bags.<\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu has already introduced one of the toughest single-use plastic bans in the world; the first phase in July 2018 banned plastic bags, straws and polystyrene containers. In March 2019 this was followed by bans on other single-use plastic items including plates, cups, stirrers, food containers, egg cartons and flowers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/jun\/22\/vanuatu-to-ban-disposable-nappies-in-plastics-crackdown-we-had-no-choice?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story at www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,68,87,85,90],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-disposable-nappy-ban","tag-real-nappies","tag-reusable-nappies","tag-sustainable-nappies","tag-vanuatu","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13742,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/13742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}