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4/7/2018
That's what Environment Minister Fabiola Muñoz said during the activities of the International Day without plastic bags, which was commemorated yesterday.
"Our challenge is to realize the bicentennial that all of us become responsible consumers and that they are aware of the ownership of the country before acquiring or selling a product, and I know that we want for the country less plastic and more life. "
Priority Issue
The Minister Muñoz said that she was confident that the law banning the use of Simple plastic bags The use of what is called the "plastics law" is a priority issue of the next term of Congress.
Although the rule was not included in the agenda of the current legislature, Muñoz noted that there are currently private companies that have initiatives against the government. use of disposable plastic.
He stated that a consensus has been reached with the plastics industry so that the disposal of single-use bags ends in 2021, but not in the six months following the approval of the Single Use Plastics Regulation Act. .
"It was originally proposed to eliminate single-use plastic bags within six months, which is a short term.There was a formula that allows for progress and is a term of three years, until the Bicentennial, "said Muñoz.
The official said that the bill has not been debated for lack of time, and hopes that in the next legislature, it will be one of the first standards to be approved.
Campaign Allies
] The # MenosPlásticoMásVida campaign promoted by the Minam allows more and more allies to join this effort, as it is the case of Peruvian supermarkets through Vivanda Dos de Mayo, Vivanda Javier Prado and Valle Hermoso's Plaza Vea
Currently, they use ecocajas, which are delivered to customers instead of plastic bags and in which educational messages are transmitted on the importance of reducing plastic consumption.
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Minister Muñoz was in Vivanda de Dos Mayo, greeting users who are already using eco-boxes, where the bags are not delivered.
Customers use their own cloth bags to transport their products.
The supermarket, meanwhile, offers customers to shop in recyclable boxes. In Peru, 3,000 million plastic bags are used each year.
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