The authorities of the United Arab Emirates will ban by 2013 the use of bags and shopping bags in the country that are not subject to biodegradation.
"All plastic bags and shopping bags used in the Emirates should be biodegradable after their use. The management of all supermarkets, shops, warehouses, manufacturers of plastic products and suppliers should take this new situation into account and adhere to it," Mohammed said Saleh Badri, and. about. Director General of the Office for Standardization and Metrology of the UAE (ESMA).
According to the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water, half of the deaths of camels in the United Arab Emirates every year are due to the fact that animals mistakenly eat plastic bags scattered in the desert. The UAE uses 12 billion plastic bags and bags annually. In Abu Dhabi, plastic accounts for 19% of all waste from the capital's emirate. In accordance with the new regulations issued by the emirate authorities, suppliers of oxo-degradable additives that will be used in the manufacture of polyethylene products must first be approved by ESMA and only then delivered to factories to manufacturers and further to traders.
