ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CALLS FOR STAKEHOLDERS' SUPPORT IN PLASTIC WASTE MAG'T. 25th August, 2022
Ghanaian caterers and other players in the food and beverage industry have been called upon to become ardent ambassadors and change agents in the country’s fight against plastic pollution as the menace has very dire consequences for both today’s generation and those coming after. Dr. Afriyie delivering his address The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, made the call in his address to the caterers’ association in Accra yesterday at a meeting called by his office to brainstorm with the group, on plastic waste management and the way forward. He noted that a vast majority of food vendors, eateries and chop bars not excluding some restaurants, often packaged food in plastic bags which then get discarded indiscriminately after meals are consumed causing huge pollution across the country, especially in big cities like Accra. He therefore charged the caterers to switch to other options of packing their services that were heal...