Belarus. FROM 2021 PLASTIC IN PUBLIC SERVICES WILL BECOME LESS

The scourge of modern civilization is disposable plastic, which is used everywhere in everyday life, and today it is not just a lot, but a lot. In Belarus, polymer waste is 280 thousand tons per year, which means that one person accounts for about 25 kg. How to deal with the looming environmental problem? Starting this year, there will be less plastic in Belarus.

Phasing out plastic

Belarus is gradually moving away from plastic, replacing it with environmentally friendly materials. Our strategy is to go in stages so as not to harm either business or consumers. Take catering, for example. Last year, on the market, their manufacturers could only cover 5% of the need for paper cups. Today, almost the entire line of appliances and dishes is already produced.

Under the new rules, catering started working right from the new year. True, many cafes have already given up plastic, and the green trend is supported by visitors. What is still difficult to replace with eco is the lids for the cups. There are not enough budget proposals on the market yet. But the main thing is that the drink for the buyer does not significantly rise in price.

Therefore, it is important that there are more proposals from manufacturers and suppliers of eco-tableware. The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade has compiled a list of addresses on its website to help businesses go for packaging. And there are more of them.

40% of cafes no longer use plastic

As an option to replace disposable and reusable tableware. In some cafes, if the order is on site, they offer coffee in cups. The main thing is to have a dishwasher. There are also paper cups to choose from. In general, more than 40% of public catering points do without plastic at all.

Water in stores must be in both plastic and glass

In large stores and not only water should be in plastic and glass. Depending on the site and the number of items. This is also a gradual transition to ecotara. And separate garbage collection. In the future, another decision in favor of the green movement is the deposit-pledge system of packaging circulation. In a word, the country has embarked on a course towards a more active than already established, processing of various types of waste.

Grodno glass plant is ready to produce up to 250 million glass bottles

Manufacturers met the course towards ecology with a bang. They assure that there is enough packaging for everyone. The Grodno Glass Factory is one of four in the country that offers bottles to both its producers and foreign ones. Up to 30% of production is shipped there. In recent years alone, production volumes have increased 6 times. And literally these days in Grodno they are starting to build from scratch a new glass factory, which will produce up to 250 million glass bottles a year.

Belarus will completely abandon plastic in public catering by 2023

Belarus plans to finally abandon plastic in public catering by 2023. In the meantime, its variability in composition makes it difficult to mass sort and process. And the scale of the mountains of garbage that does not decompose can be judged at least by disposable cups. At least 200 million of them are used annually.

Source: http://s13.ru/