Senate Approves Motion Proposing Ban On Plastic Bags And St

[Peter R]

The Senate this afternoon approved a private motion brought by Government member Matthew Samuda proposing a ban on plastic bags and Styrofoam in Jamaica.

The motion will now go before a mutli-stakeholder committee which will fall under the environment portfolio headed by Daryl Vaz in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.

Samuda said after the committee's review, the minister may either issue orders bringing into effect the recommendations or take legislation to the Parliament.

Government members rejected a recommendation from Opposition Senators for the motion to be sent to a joint select committee of the Senate.

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[Karl]

The Senate this afternoon approved a private motion brought by Government member Matthew Samuda proposing a ban on plastic bags and Styrofoam in Jamaica.

The motion will now go before a mutli-stakeholder committee which will fall under the environment portfolio headed by Daryl Vaz in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.

Samuda said after the committee's review, the minister may either issue orders bringing into effect the recommendations or take legislation to the Parliament.

Government members rejected a recommendation from Opposition Senators for the motion to be sent to a joint select committee of the Senate.

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1. Are there private sector manufacturers and distributors and associate private sector job creators the ban will impact?

2. The use of plastic bags and styrofoam is so pervasive that mechanisms to, for example, ban importation of use in a great many imported or gifted items. Would 'love' to see 'the how' on enforcing same without serious disruptions?

Aside: Quite understand why the world should move to alternate products. The implementation of same is of interest.

[Peter R]

I don't know the answer to your questions, but what I do know for example is that there is a deposit on beverage containers (metal, steel, aluminium, glass, plastic) up to 1 gallon, sold in Barbados since the late 80s!!

I saw a videos of the flooding to the extent that it occurred in Barbados when Matthew passed through; all I saw (in this particular video of fast flowing water) was...water. In Trinidad, where the only deposit on beer bottles exists (excluding imported bottles), after any rainfall the quantity of plastic bottles (among other waste) present in the water is outrageous!

Thirty years later and people still dragging dem foot on these issues!