Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Fiji National Plastics Data Inventory
A national evidence base for understanding plastics across their lifecycle—from trade and use to collection, disposal, leakage and recovery.
National material flow overview
A first-pass view of public plastic flows from generation through collection, disposal, recycling, and environmental leakage.
Inventory data
Explore by lifecycle stage
Each stage includes public trend charts, downloadable raw data, and the current methodology note.
Supply, production and trade
Feedstocks, additives, materials, products and plastic embedded in traded goods.
Imports overview
Core plastics entering Fiji, with hidden packaging, chemical inputs and waste reported separately.
Imports — primary forms
Raw resins, polymers and synthetic rubber entering Fiji under the UNCTAD trade classification.
Imports — intermediate forms
Semi-finished plastic sheets, films, pipes, yarn and similar inputs for further manufacturing.
Imports — intermediate manufactured goods
Mainly synthetic textiles that contain plastic and are used to manufacture final goods.
Imports — final manufactured goods
Finished goods that are plastic or contain a high proportion of plastic.
Imports — plastic waste
Plastic waste, parings and scrap reported under HS 3915.
Imports — feedstocks and precursors
Chemical inputs that may be used to make plastics but also have other industrial uses.
Imports — plastic additives
Chemicals used to change plastic properties, reported separately from core plastic flows.
Imports — indirect plastic packaging
Estimated packaging around imported food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics that is hidden in non-plastic trade codes.
Exports overview
Core plastics leaving Fiji, with hidden packaging, chemical inputs and waste reported separately.
Exports — primary forms
Raw resins, polymers and synthetic rubber reported as leaving Fiji.
Exports — intermediate forms
Semi-finished plastic materials reported as leaving Fiji.
Exports — intermediate manufactured goods
Mainly synthetic textiles containing plastic that are reported as exports.
Exports — final manufactured goods
Finished plastic-rich goods reported as leaving Fiji.
Exports — plastic waste
Plastic waste, parings and scrap reported under HS 3915, separate from verified recycling exports.
Exports — plastic waste for recycling
Verified recyclable plastics shipped through the Moana Taka Partnership.
Exports — feedstocks and precursors
Chemical inputs that may be used to make plastics and are reported as exports.
Exports — plastic additives
Plastic additives reported as exports, kept separate from core plastic flows.
Exports — indirect plastic packaging
Estimated packaging around exported food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics hidden in non-plastic trade codes.
Waste collection and destinations
Generation, formal and informal collection, recycling, landfill and dumpsites.
Plastic waste generated
Modelled national plastic waste generation based on Fiji studies, population and composition assumptions.
Plastic waste collected — formal
Estimated collection through municipal and other authorised services.
Plastic waste collected — informal
Household self-haul, PRF collection and Mission Pacific recovery outside municipal collection.
Plastic waste uncollected
Residual waste generated minus formal and informal collection; this is not directly measured.
Plastic waste to landfill
Modelled plastic sent to Naboro Landfill, pending direct annual weighbridge and composition data.
Plastic waste to dumpsites
Modelled national dumpsite flow alongside directly reported Vunato data and placeholders for other sites.
Plastic waste to communal dumpsites
Pilot audits describe composition at three sites, but annual tonnage is not yet quantifiable.
Environmental pathways and recovery
Uncollected pathways, environmental leakage and plastics recovered from the environment.
Uncollected waste — pathways to environment
Modelled direct discard to water, direct discard to land and open burning.
Plastic leakage to the environment
Two indicative approaches: published IUCN estimates and a conservative inventory flow model.
Plastic collected from the environment
Recorded plastics removed through clean-ups and interception programmes; coverage is incomplete.
Help improve Fiji's evidence
Data holders can use the portal to contribute updates. Requests for restricted records are considered individually by MECC.