Kwaku Afriyie: Government not going to ban plastics
the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation said the government will promote other reusable materials which are not “too harsh” on the environment
Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation has said the government does not have any immediate plan to ban the use of plastics in the country.
He said the government will promote other reusable materials which are not “too harsh” on the environment.
Speaking at the Minister’s Press Briefing in Accra on Wednesday (4 May) the minister said “… As I speak we are not going to ban plastics. We are going to reduce them. We are going to extend their life [span]. When you’re talking about recycling, actually, it’s like an extended use and then end of use we can turn them into other ways.”
“So we have a model even about the plastics. Then, of course, we’ll promote other reusable materials which are not too … harsh on our environment.”
He added, “… if you’re doing plastic recycling, the conventional wisdom is that you take the plastic that has been dumped and remoulds them, no, you need may of 30% of virgin plastics to prime them so that they can have that kind of rigidity. So we are not going to ban plastics importation…”
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