The effects of the ban on plastic bags in Vanuatu, is the topic of our internal assessment this year. so it had asked us to write a letter, but i don't know how to structure my subject or foot header for this letter. can you help me?
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In a bid to protect its marine life and also manage the problem of plastic litter and pollution around its islands, the Vanuatu government passed a legislation to ban the use, manufacture and importation of single use plastic bags in the country.
The legislation, which came into effect on 1 February, also extends to polystyrene takeaway food containers. A six month grace period has been given to shops and businesses to allow them to use up their existing stock of single-use plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes.
The Vanuatu government has said that it aims to go even further and become completely plastic free, with the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Ralph Regenvanu speaking to ABC Australia's Pacific Beat programme, saying they will also focus on getting rid of plastic knives, forks, straws and eventually plastic bottles.
The legislation was supported by a petition with 2,000 signatures which was presented to the government in 2017.
SPREP Director General, Mr Kosi Latu said, "This is excellent news. SPREP would like to congratulate the Government and the people of Vanuatu for taking this leadership and great initiative to ban single-use plastic bags, as well as Styrofoam food packaging."
Mr Latu added that Vanuatu's new legislation is a reflection of the Pacific's commitment to addressing marine litter, especially plastics.
"At the Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting held in Apia in 2017, leaders committed to developing policies and implementing stronger measures in their legislative frameworks to ban the use of single-use plastic bags, plastic and Styrofoam packaging," said Mr Latu.
"In addition to that, a ban on the importation of products containing plastic microbeads into the Pacific was also accepted at the 28th SPREP Meeting of Officials in September last year. These measures show the world that although we small island developing states are the recipients of the impacts of plastics, like climate change, as large ocean states we are doing our bit to save our oceans, our people and our planet."
The legislation, which came into effect on 1 February, also extends to polystyrene takeaway food containers. A six month grace period has been given to shops and businesses to allow them to use up their existing stock of single-use plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes.
The Vanuatu government has said that it aims to go even further and become completely plastic free, with the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Ralph Regenvanu speaking to ABC Australia's Pacific Beat programme, saying they will also focus on getting rid of plastic knives, forks, straws and eventually plastic bottles.
The legislation was supported by a petition with 2,000 signatures which was presented to the government in 2017.
SPREP Director General, Mr Kosi Latu said, "This is excellent news. SPREP would like to congratulate the Government and the people of Vanuatu for taking this leadership and great initiative to ban single-use plastic bags, as well as Styrofoam food packaging."
Mr Latu added that Vanuatu's new legislation is a reflection of the Pacific's commitment to addressing marine litter, especially plastics.
"At the Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting held in Apia in 2017, leaders committed to developing policies and implementing stronger measures in their legislative frameworks to ban the use of single-use plastic bags, plastic and Styrofoam packaging," said Mr Latu.
"In addition to that, a ban on the importation of products containing plastic microbeads into the Pacific was also accepted at the 28th SPREP Meeting of Officials in September last year. These measures show the world that although we small island developing states are the recipients of the impacts of plastics, like climate change, as large ocean states we are doing our bit to save our oceans, our people and our planet."
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