The Environment Public Authority (EPA), Tuesday, announced the start of a campaign to distribute one million environmentally friendly bags to cooperative societies in all the governorates of Kuwait, to raise environmental awareness and reduce the use of harmful plastic which harm the environment.

Director of Public Relations and Media Department at the EPA, Sheikha Al-Ibrahim, told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that this campaign comes within the authority’s efforts for a better environment. These bags, she said, were distributed to a group of cooperative societies in the governorates, with the support and cooperation of the Environmental Protection Fund to urge citizens and residents to use the environmentally friendly bags and avoid plastic and everything that pollutes the environment.

Al-Ibrahim explained these bags contain ethylene (vinyl) that is completely soluble in hot water and is used in the paper industry. It also consists of calcium carbonate, which is basic material for rocks in the sea and has no effect on the environment. She added these bags do not contain any plastic material and are characterized by strength and flexibility, as one bag can hold 10 kilos weight; it is non-toxic and does not harm living organisms, is not harmful to soil but to the contrary enriches fertility.

She stressed on the need to raise environmental awareness and improve environmental behavior in line with the policy adopted by developed nations to protect the environment since has negative effects on land, sea and air. She stated coordination will be made with all cooperative societies to replace plastic bags with environmentally friendly bags, saying this step reflects Kuwait’s commitment to its international conventions for better health and a clean environment.


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