The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced on 6 April 2022 that its ban on the use of single-use plastic bags will be effective from...
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced on 6 April 2022 that its ban on the use of single-use plastic bags will be effective from June 1 2022. The Agency plans to encourage residents to use reusable products, especially plastic products. In this context there are 16 single-use plastic products that include plastic bags, cups, stirrers, lids and cutlery. Based on it, the agency's first plan is to gradually reduce the amount of single-use plastic products consumed in Abu Dhabi.
This regulation is implemented to promote environmental health to have a better life style without plastic which is causing climate change by reducing the resource consumption.
To support the environmental health program, an awareness campaign has been implemented to educate the public on the new regulation related to the use of single-use plastic across the UAE. That campaign has helped to activate the ban on using single-use plastic bags that will be effective from tomorrow, June 1 2022.
Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secretary General of EAD, stated “As part of our plan to completely curb the use of single-use plastics, we are encouraging Abu Dhabi citizens to use more multipurpose and re-usable materials to reduce their environmental footprint. Today, we are introducing a ban on single-use plastic bags in the capital in light of their harmful impacts on the environment and biodiversity.”
The Agency has redesigned the strategies to execute the regulation and reduce the utilization of single-use plastics. A few organization accomplices from the public authority area have likewise executed drives to help the strategy, while numerous restaurants are additionally sending off drives to reduce the utilization of single-use plastics, and a few significant retailers are empowering customers to utilize reusable shopping bags.
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