This picture taken on December 21, 2022 shows a beach view during low tide in Fiji’s capital city Suva. SAEED KHAN / AFP
An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise," villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
Traditional landowner Inoke Tora boarded a bus to the capital Suva on Tuesday, April 21, with a petition from villagers opposing the $630 million waste-to-energy incinerator, which is forecast to consume 900,000 tonnes of non-recyclable rubbish each year.
The fashion entrepreneur behind the Paris-born Kookai label and an Australian billionaire who made his fortune in rubbish disposal want to build a port and waste incinerator within 15 kilometers (nine miles) of Fiji's tourism gateway Nadi.
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