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Styrofoam

Fa’amao Asalele Jr.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has future plans to review other Styrofoam products such as coolers and ice chests, says American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) director Fa’amao Asalele Jr. at a Senate hearing last week. Asalele’s comments were in response to a senator’s...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill to prohibit the import, sale, distribution and use of styrofoam plates, cups, trays and other container products is now before the Fono. To help transition from styrofoam to acceptable alternative containers, the bill provides a one-year reduction in excise taxes...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Matalasi Moliga has submitted to the Fono proposed legislation to ban the importation and sale in American Samoa of “polystyrene foam” or styrofoam containers — which he says has a “detrimental effect” on public health, land, and marine environment. “...