Schools to axe single use plastics by April
Single use plastics or disposable plastics are items like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bottles and food packaging that are used once and thrown away.
13 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
All schools in the Maldives will eliminate single use plastics by April, the education minister said Tuesday, with several schools already banning disposable plastics in their premises.
Minister Dr Aishath Shiham made the pledge at a school ceremony held in Villimalé to mark the end of a reef study and awareness program run by the ministry.
Single use plastics or disposable plastics are items like bags, straws, coffee stirrers, bottles and food packaging that are used once and thrown away.
“Since the start of March we have started work on eliminating single use plastics from all the schools. God willing, by the end of March, we will eliminate the use of disposable plastics,” Aishath said, according to Sun Online.
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