Prior to law change Jamaica on record with one of the highest per capita consumption of plastic bags, with the average person estimated to use around 500 bags each year.
A report by James Ellsmoor for Forbes.
Last month, Jamaica introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags, plastic straws and Styrofoam in a bid to reduce the impact plastic is having on the environment. Before the ban, Jamaica was known to have one of the highest per capita uses of plastic bags in the world, with the average person estimated to use around 500 bags each year .
The ban covers the manufacture, importation and distribution of disposable plastic bags, including the formerly ubiquitous black “scandal bags”, named as such due to their opaque black color that prevents others from viewing the scandalous contents contained inside!
One of Jamaica’s youngest parliamentarians has spearheaded the movement towards waste reduction on the island. Matthew Samuda is a Jamaican Senator who has long been involved in Jamaican politics, and was appointed to the Upper House of Parliament in 2016 at the age of just 32. Though this new role…
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