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Firms warned over failure to comply on plastics
January 14, 2020
Firms warned over failure to comply on plastics
THE Ministry of Environment has found a few businesses not compliant with the law requiring customers to be charged a fee for single-use plastic bags.
Misguided approach taken on single-use plastics ban?
January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
Darville adds his voice to oppose charging shoppers for plastic bags
SAVE the Bays Chairman Joseph Darville has joined the chorus of people calling on the government to abandon the 25 cents to $1 fee merchants are mandated to charge customers for single-use plastic bags. The environmentalist said while he supports th
July 27, 2010
Boat made from plastic bottles completes Pacific voyage
A boat made from thousands of plastic bottles has sailed into Sydney Harbour, completing a four-month voyage that began in San Francisco.
The boat, called the Plastiki, was built using 12,500 plastic bottles.
Ferreira: Plastics ban the right thing to do
January 20, 2020
Ferreira: Plastics ban the right thing to do
Romauld Ferreira.The government's ban on single-use plastics was "the right thing to do" to reduce the country's carbon footprint in the face of climate change, Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreira said on Friday. "Plastics are made from hydrocarbons," said Ferreira during an event [...]
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December 01, 2020
Kristal Ambrose is an environmental hero: One of six Goldman Environmental Prize winners for campaign against plastic waste
Once, while working at an aquarium in The Bahamas, Kristal Ambrose, 29, spent two days helping to pull plastic out of a sea turtle that had internal blockage. After that experience, she vowed, "I'll never drop a piece of plastic on the ground again." At age 22, Ambrose joined an expedition to study the western ...
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Next Stop's Court for Plastic Ban Offenders
February 07, 2020
Next Stop's Court for Plastic Ban Offenders
RETAILERS who fail to comply with the 25 cent per plastic bag charge could be given a notice to appear in court, according to a representative of the Ministry of Environment and Housing. Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy, the Department of Environmental Health’s senior environmental officer, told The Tribune while most businesses are in compliance with the plastic ban, there are a few “non-compliant” ...
Miller warns of plastics smuggling
December 02, 2021
Miller warns of plastics smuggling
ENVIRONMENT Minister Vaughn Miller said some businesses are illegally smuggling plastics into the country, prompting the need for greater oversight.
May 12, 2021
Bahamian Brewery & Beverage Co. Introduces Plastic-Free Packaging
In 2020, The Bahamas joined 69 nations across the globe who have banned single-use plastics to promote greater environmental sustainability. The move was part of efforts to rethink the national management of solid waste and offered businesses an opportunity to reduce plastic and styrofoam waste which have, over the past many years, resulted in the widespread pollution and contamination of our envi...
June 29, 2020
July 1, 2020 Marks The Beginning of Single-Use Plastics Ban
Starting today, Wednesday, 1 July, single-use plastic bags, plastic straws, plastic utensils...
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