Samoa has become the latest Pacific island country to enforce a ban on the import, manufacture, export, sale and distribution of single-use plastics, including plastic shopping bags, packing bags and straws. […]

The ban came into effect January 30, 2019.

SPREP would like to congratulate the Government and people of Samoa on taking initiative in banning single-use plastic bags and straws. It is a continuing show of Pacific leadership and commitment to addressing the problem of plastic pollution and marine litter.”

––Mr. Kosi Latu, SPREP Director General