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January 03, 2020
Some businesses caught still using banned plastic bags
Following reports of some small businesses continuing to supply plastic bags to their customers without charging for them, even after the implementation of a ban on single-use plastics, the Ministry of Environment and Housing revealed it will now issue an initial warning for first offenses [...]
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AML stores prepared for single plastic bag ban
December 20, 2019
AML stores prepared for single plastic bag ban
AML Food Limited stores (Solomon's Fresh Market, Solomon's and Cost Right) are prepared for the single plastic bag ban and are making certain their customers are also ready, said Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations Renea Bastian.
Nearly 20,000 bags of rice stolen from church
November 12, 2019
PIMS Post-Dorian Coral Reef Assessment a ‘Mixed Bag’
October 31, 2019
PIMS Post-Dorian Coral Reef Assessment a ‘Mixed Bag’
Recovery will take decades for some spots, most coral reefs in good shape. Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian, which tore through two major islands in the northern Bahamas last month, was not as meticulous in its devastation undersea as it was on land...
Twenty-Five Cents to a Dollar: Bahamas Shoppers to Pay to use Single-Use Plastic Bags as of January 1, 2020
October 07, 2019
Twenty-Five Cents to a Dollar: Bahamas Shoppers to Pay to use Single-Use Plastic Bags as of January 1, 2020
How much are you willing to pay to maintain your plastic bag addiction? Under Section 8 of the newly created Environmental Protection (Control of Plastic Pollution) Bill, 2019, Bahamian businesses will be required to charge customers a minimum of twenty-five cents (excluding VAT) per bag at the point of sale for the use of single-use plastic bags as of January 1, 2020. The maximum fee that can be ...
October 07, 2019
New school bags for 600 Grand Bahama children
August 21, 2019
New school bags for 600 Grand Bahama children
SOME 600 young people here in Grand Bahama will receive new school book bags, thanks to a generous donation from the Edwards family, the founders of 242Giveback America.This is the third year that Jason and Vernetta Edwards have donated boxes of back
June 20, 2019
Environment and Housing Hosts 'Shopping Bag Giveaway'
NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Ministry of The Environment and Housing hosted a free Reusable Shopping Bag Giveaway at Centreville Food Market on Saturday, June 8, 2019...
Cost Right "No Plastic Bags" Initiative Launched
June 03, 2019
Cost Right "No Plastic Bags" Initiative Launched
Styrofoam, plastics and the toxins used to produce them are a direct threat to marine life, tourism and to Bahamians’ way of life unless drastic measures are made to preserve our environment for generations to come...
May 27, 2019
It’s in the Bag! CIBC Partners with AML to “Go Green”
Support is growing for the government’s initiative to ban single-use plastics in 2020. Reusable shopping bags distributed in recent promotions are much in evidence...
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