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This study explores the potential of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) processing in Samoa as a sustainable pathway for waste management and economic development. With increasing global concerns over plastic pollution and the urgent need for sustainable alternatives, PHA emerges as a promising biodegradable polymer. Samoa, like many other small island nations, faces challenges in waste management and environmental conservation.

The toolkit will support the implementation of the Standards and Certification framework. It provides resources, good practice examples, guidance, templates and other tools to enable all tourism businesses and organication to implement the criteria and advance the proposed four tiers of the Certification Framework to achieve and sustain the goal of 100% reductions of SUPs.

The Standards for Phasing-Out Single-use Plastics in Pacific Island Countries’ Tourism Industry sit within Pacific Sustainable Tourism Industry Standards. The Pacific Sustainable Tourism Industry Standard, along with the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Destination Standard, provides guidance to the SPTO and its members to work towards improved sustainability in tourism as required by the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework (PSTPF).