To encourage people to turn to more sustainable alternatives such as tents or raffia vacoas
Facing plastics’ invasion, Rodrigues and Mauritius islands competing with initiatives. Having banned plastic bags in 2014, the Rodrigues Regional Assembly sets up a regulation to improve waste management thanks to sorting.
For its part, Mauritius has just prohibit the manufacture and sale of plastic bags. Some twenty NGOs request in the wake of the styrofoam boxes ban. These white boxes widely used for takeaways are also harmful to the environment and public health.
“Any initiative to encourage sustainable resource use is welcome to get people to turn to more sustainable alternatives such as tents vacoas or raffia,” says the head of the Platform Moris Lanvironnman (PLM), Adi Teelock.”We therefore propose that the Minister of the Environment does not stop there way and proceeds to the elimination of other disposable plastic items, especially those that are not recyclable, such as foam containers polystyrene”.
Aquatic wildlife confuse polystyrene beads with fish roe
With a life length of about 1000 years, polystyrene can not be recycled or reused and finds himself quickly into the sea where they are ingested by marine birds, fish and other animals that mistake them for prey. Aquatic wildlife confuse polystyrene beads with fish roe.
Apart from the environmental impact, polystyrene is also a danger to human health. “According to experts, polystyrene degrades over time by retransformant styrene, which is a potential carcinogen. It is this very feature that makes it dangerous to heat or put hot food in take-away boxes.”
