It's time to implement a plastic recovery policy – the boss of the EPA

Company News from Monday, June 10, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-06-10

The Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called on beverage companies to put in place an incentive scheme for people who return plastic bottles to them. are recycled, while the EPA is taking steps to enforce the "recovery policy" law.

Speaking in front of JoyBusiness on the sidelines of a clean-up exercise to mark World Ocean Day, John Pwamang said: "It's time to enforce the policy of taking back plastic products by the companies that produce them ".

"We have the LI 2250 which requires that if you produce a plastic beverage, you have the responsibility to recover the empty bottles.The regulator, the EPA, will have an agreement with them on how much they can recover each year until That all bottles are filled. " collected, "he added.

The theme of this year's World Ocean Day celebration was "Gender and the Ocean".

Mr. Pwamang believes that there is a market for recycled plastics for reuse and that a system needs to be put in place to allow companies to recover these plastics.
Regarding the ban on plastics, he pointed out that the major problem was plastic bags and that its ban would not cause much tension compared to the bag, which has become a source of quality drinking water for communities whose streams are polluted.

"Beverage companies that sell plastic should consider giving two weighs on each plastic bottle to the one who would give them back.The company can decide to give 2,000 Gh of their products or the money needed to recover 10 pieces of its bottle to the person who turned it in. This will help reduce the waste we see in the environment. "

He added that the company had to take into account the cost in production and not transfer it to the consumer. He thinks it will help reduce the plastic threat in the country.

For her part, Julian Frances Adda, public relations officer for the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GPHA), said: "Keeping the ocean and its shores clean is a shared responsibility. This is why the GPHA budgeted to dredge the lagoon and repair a sieve blocking plastic waste. to enter the sea causing havoc on fish and affecting the fishermen's business.

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