Starting today, you can not offer sorbets in the shops of the city.

"This is a step towards reducing the use of single-use plastics, which have a huge impact on the environment." Since the city, we have joined to promote and reduce the consumption of sorbets, as we did with the bags, "he said. the Minister of the Environment and Public Spaces, Eduardo Macchiavelli.

According to the document signed by the Ministry of the Environment and Public Spaces, as from the entry into force of this resolution no single-use plastic sorbets may be offered or placed in the customer's view. After six months, the use, delivery and sale of these items, which generate two tons per month of garbage in the city, are prohibited.

The measure concerns 4 and 5-star hotels, shopping malls, shopping malls and outdoor shopping centers, premises with more than three hundred people per event, establishments belonging to commercial chains, dance halls and dance halls. stores where they are served and sold. meals and drinks.

"We know that this is a problem that concerns neighbors and that there are already private initiatives.We believe that public management should be environmental, with projects and resolutions that reflect this commitment. and whose future results are always positive, "he said. minister

At least 2 million sherbets a month according to the estimates of the Environmental Protection Agency, they are only consumed in the food courts of the city's shopping centers. Sorbet is the fourth most common plastic waste on the coast and oceans. Although they are used in a few minutes, the decomposition can take between 150 and 400 years.

In Argentina, cities like Pinamar, Villa Gesell, Mar del Plata, Mar Chiquita, Mendoza, Ushuaia have already banned the use of sorbets, while worldwide, California, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Galapagos and Vancouver alike.

It is estimated that 62% of plastic production is for packaging and single-use products such as sorbets.

"We are convinced that something similar to what happened at the end of the delivery of the bags, something the neighbors thought was natural, is very simple and progressive. It's a step towards a greener and more sustainable city, "said Macchiavelli.

In January 2017, the GCBA decided to ban the free delivery or online sale of plastic t-shirt bags in hypermarkets, supermarkets and self-service food and beverage stores, which can be used for the transport of goods.

"It is amazing to see how many less bags have been found during these years in the city's drains, which has helped a lot in avoiding floods," said the minister, adding that one-third of materials removed during the cleaning of the city's water courses were bags. Since the entry into force of this resolution, more than 500 million bags have been delivered by supermarkets, hypermarkets and supermarkets, according to estimates by the Government of Buenos Aires.

As reported this year at the Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute and 500,000 million bags are used each year.

Meanwhile, eight million tonnes end up in the oceans each year, threatening marine life. That's why more than 200 countries, including Argentina, have committed to reducing the use of plastics by 2030.