Introduction

“By 2004 we will be using 100 MILLION PLASTICS BAGS UNLESS we Reduce the Use”, says Minister

The Hon. Phillip Goddard, Minister of Health, told retailers and other stake-holders that “Plastic bag use by retailers in Barbados is escalating at an alarming rate and so the Ministry of Health has embarked on a campaign to urge Barbadians to reduce the use of plastic bags and to promote the use of a re-usable bag.”

For this reason, the Ministry of Health's Sewerage & Solid Waste Project Unit (S.S.W.P.U.) is devising a comprehensive plastic bag reduction campaign.

According to Ms. Sandra Prescod, Project Manager Solid Waste , “the research findings on the growing problem of plastic bag use in Barbados show the urgent need for all of us to come on board and reduce the use of plastic bags.” Ms Prescod also stressed that “apart from plastic bags clogging drains and being strewn in public locations in an unsightly manner, many Barbadians remark that they often have a stock pile of plastic bags in a drawer or cupboard at home intended for reuse but often disposed of eventually because the volumes are too great to manage”.

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