The city of Buenos Aires will ban the use of plastic sorbets

The stores, hotels, restaurants and clubs of the city of Buenos Aires will no longer be able to offer plastic sorbets to their customers from Wednesday and Thursday. its use and sale will be prohibited in six months. This was established by a resolution signed by the Government of Buenos Aires with the aim of gradually reducing the environmental impact of the waste.

According to the document signed by the Ministry of the Environment and Public Spaces, since the entry into force of this resolution, it will no longer be possible to offer or place plastic sorbets for single use. at the sight of the customer. After six months, the use, delivery and sale of these items will be prohibited. two tons a month of garbage in town.

"It's a step closer to reducing single-use plastics they do a huge damage to the environment. We joined the city to promote and reduce the consumption of sorbets, as we did for the bags, "said Minister of the Environment and Public Spaces, Eduardo Macchiavelli.

The measure concerns hotels, shopping malls, shopping malls and outdoor shopping centers, premises that can accommodate more than three hundred people per event, establishments belonging to commercial chains, dance halls and shops in which food and drinks are served and sold.

"We know that it is a problem that concerns neighbors and there are already private initiatives. public management must be environmental, with projects and resolutions that reflect this commitment and whose future results are always positive. "At least two million sherbets a month are consumed only in the city 's food courts, according to estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Sorbet It is the fourth most common plastic waste on the coast and oceans.and even if they are used for a few minutes, their decomposition can take between 150 and 400 years. In Argentina, cities such as Pinamar, Villa Gesell, Mar del Plata, Mar Chiquita, Mendoza, Ushuaia have already banned their use, while all over the world, California, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Galapagos and Idem
In January 2017, the GCBA decided to ban the free delivery or online sale of plastic bag boxes in hypermarkets, supermarkets and self-serve food and drink, usable for the transportation 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.