By Journal on February 25, 2021
David Kabua, Giff Johnson, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Majuro garbage, Moriana Phillip, RMI EPA
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GIFF JOHNSON Shades of 2005 — when garbage was pouring out of the Batkan dump onto the main road, forcing drivers to veer around it — have returned to the Batkan dump. For months, at a standstill on expansion or a new site, the dump has seen tons of garbage continue pouring into the facility. […]
By Journal on March 14, 2019
Hilary Hosia, Jorelik Tibon, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Majuro dump
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The dark clouds of smoke rising from the fire at the MAWC dumpsite facility last Friday could be seen from miles away around the atoll. The fire started around noon last Friday and was quickly out of control. The National Disaster Management Office and Red Cross responded quickly, and MIPD’s fire truck was on the […]
By Journal on December 27, 2018
Danny Peter, jepta, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Marshalls Christian High School, Uliga, United Church of Christ
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Despite the low number of jepta (group) performances and attendees at the United Church of Christ mother church in Uliga on Christmas day, the spirit of giving remained intact. Whether out-migration or the fact that Majuro has numerous churches simultaneously hosting jeptas
By Journal on August 16, 2018
Hilda Heine, Jorelik Tibon, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Mattlan Zachras, MAWC, recycle, recycling, Sherwood Tibon, Waste Warriors
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Majuro Atoll Waste Company officially launched its new recycling program Friday in support of the government’s container deposit legislation. President Hilda Heine led a delegation of VIPs to the ceremony that showed off MAWC’s recycling equipment located in a warehouse at the entry to the Batkan landfill. Heine did the honors of cutting the ribbon […]
By Journal on July 20, 2018
CMI Environmental Science, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Michael Honeth
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Fifteen CMI Environmental Science students spent exactly one hour collecting trash on the beach in the Uliga area of Majuro to study how much money they could earn with Majuro Atoll Waste Company’s new “Cash for Trash” program starting soon. The program seeks to recycle plastic and glass bottles, as well as aluminum cans by […]
By Journal on May 12, 2017
38th Constitution Day, cmi, College of the Marshall Islands, Majuro Atoll Waste Company, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation, RMI-USP
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Prior to the 38th Constitution Day float competition last week, the Constitution Day Committee made an agreement to engage three judges — whose identities were kept secret from the public — to determine the winning floats. The identity of judges was kept secret even from the committee members to make sure there was no inside […]