Estella Moses Tallis

Estella Moses Tallis is a Vanuatuan public figure, anti-plastic activist, and environmental advocate. She served as the First Lady of Vanuatu from 2017 until 2022 as the wife of President Tallis Obed Moses. During her tenure as first lady, Tallis campaigned against the use of plastic drinking straws and other single use plastics in Vanuatu to alleviate plastic pollution. Under Tallis' leadership, Vanuatu became the world's first country to ban the use of plastic straws on 1 July 2018. Disposable, single-use plastic bags and polystyrene take-out boxes were also banned by the same legislation supported by First Lady Moses Tallis and other anti-plastics activists. She became known as "Vanuatu's very own ‘Ban Plastic’ champion."