Greening of CHOGM 2024

Abstract

SPREP through the Australian Government funded, Pacific Ocean Litter Project #POLP is working together with Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Samoa (MNRE) to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally friendly Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting #CHOGM, currently underway in Samoa. We talk to the MNRE's Assistant CEO for Waste Management & Pollution Management Division, Ms Katenia Rasch on the efforts undertaken to reduce plastic usage and waste at #CHOGM2024 This includes raising public education and awareness of plastic pollution and the single-use plastic issue in Samoa as well as provisions of waste and skip bins for proper waste segregation, collection and transportation for proper waste management including waste audits and monitoring.