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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 Director General presented opening remarks and expressed gratitude to Parties and partners for working together in support of the Waigani Convention. The Director General highlighted waste and pollution are part of the triple planetary crisis, with climate change and biodiversity loss. The use of technology and new ways of working to overcome the difficult period during the COVID pandemic was shared

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