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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).

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region the problem is even more severe given countries reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.