{"id":5937,"date":"2010-02-13T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funverde.org.br\/blog\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2010-02-13T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2010-02-13T13:00:37","slug":"uae-plans-to-phase-out-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funverde.org.br\/blog\/uae-plans-to-phase-out-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE plans to phase out plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The United Arab Emirates will be free of non-biodegradable plastic bags and products by 2013, Obaid Al Matroushi, Director-General of the Ministry of Environment and Water, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Speaking on Ajman Radio 4 on the occasion of National Environment Day, Al Matroushi said the ministry would launch a month-long awareness drive across the country among students, farmers, fishermen and the general public on the dangers of non-biodegradable plastic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">He said the ministry had drafted a standards guide on bio-degradable plastics and their harmful effects on the environment. The items covered by these standards are essentially, but not limited to, flexible shopping bags and semi-rigid plastic packaging for food, magazines, consumer-durables, garbage bags, bin-liners for household use, shrink wrap, pellet wrap, cling film etc and other articles normally used over short periods and subsequently discarded. Al Matroushi said that according to a recent report, one in two camels die from ingesting plastic waste dumped in the UAE desert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ajman will be the first emirate to ban plastic bags from July 1, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Speaking to Khaleej Times, Khalid Al Hosani, Director of Health and Environment Section at the Ajman Municipality, said all plastic bag importers were urged to contact the municipality to re-register and provide data of their companies which would be included in the records. They must get written approval before importing any type of plastic bags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The municipality would only allow oxo-biodegradable plastic bags meeting ministry&#8217;s standards, he said.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">There are 48 plastic manufacturers in the UAE, who have been informed about the decision and were provided with the UAE standards guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Hypermarkets like Lulu and Carrefour have already reportedly stopped using non-biodegradable bags and are replacing them with alternative, bags made with &#8220;oxo-biodegradable\u00e2\u20ac\u009d plastic that break down into non-poisonous materials in less than a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">A top official at the MEW said that specifications for the additives to be used in the new plastic mixture was expected to be laid down by the end of year. &#8220;Plastic manufacturers must then comply with the specification, in line with the ministry&#8217;s nationwide drive to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags by 2013, for the protection of the environment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">In Sharjah, a senior official at the Economic Development Department said the standards on bio-degradable plastics were being implemented from January 1 this year. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Khaleej Times<\/p>\n<p>Fonte &#8211; UAE Interact de 07 de fevereiro de 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Foto &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevephillips\/\"><strong>steve phillips<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates will be free of non-biodegradable plastic bags and products by 2013, Obaid Al Matroushi, Director-General of the Ministry of Environment and Water, said. 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