Participants in the Marianas Visitors Authority’s Beautify My Marianas program have collected over 20,000 lbs of garbage in the last eight months, prompting the tourism authority to call for stricter enforcement of anti-littering laws. “The amount of garbage being thrown at our...

The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality is encouraging the public to report any and all illegal dumping. The bureau said that investigations must be conducted in order to determine the responsible parties so that appropriate enforcement actions can be taken. Pursuant to...

Littering continues to be a problem in the CNMI despite the existence of a law that prohibits it. The number of apprehensions is also insignificant, despite penalties including stiff fines and hours of community service. According to Rep. Angel Demapan (R-Saipan), the average...