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Cook Islands waste worsens in Covid-19 slowdown

Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Environment

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Cook Islands waste worsens in Covid-19 slowdown
The Rarotonga landfill is full and growing. GRAY CLAPHAM 19090428/29/30/31.

Overseas, the Covid-19 economic slowdown and home lockdowns have enabled the most sudden and dramatic improvement in environmental measures like air and water pollution in modern history. But not in Cook Islands.

Overseas, the Covid-19 economic slowdown and home lockdowns have enabled the most sudden and dramatic improvement in environmental measures like air and water pollution in modern history. But not in Cook Islands.


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