Verrettes and Saint-Marc (Haiti), July 10, 2024 [AlterPresse] — At the initiative of the Alternatiba-Haïti movement, several groups of citizens mobilized this Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in the municipalities of Verrettes and Saint-Marc (Artibonite department) to raise public awareness of the dangers posed by the use of styrofoam, observes the online agency AlterPresse.
A rally, a march and street theatre sessions were held during this mobilization during which awareness messages were conveyed on the harmful consequences of the use of styrofoam on the health of citizens, the lives of animals and the environment in general.
During the street demonstrations, the protesting citizens delivered awareness messages along their route, particularly in front of the Dumarsais Estimé public hospital and the Verrettes peace court, before finishing their journey in the town’s public square.
“We say no to Styrofoam. Let’s change the system, not the climate. We ask the State to enforce the decree of July 10, 2013. Citizens, let’s stop poisoning the environment and people with Styrofoam” were among the messages of demands, written on placards.
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The decision, adopted on 9 August 2012 to prohibit the importation, marketing, distribution and use of tableware made of expanded polystyrene or styrofoam, was renewed on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, by a new ministerial decree.
The ministerial decree of July 2013 prohibits the production, marketing, importation, distribution and use of polyethylene bags and all other objects made from expanded polystyrene.
The ban on products made of polyethylene (one of the thermoplastic resins) or expanded polystyrene has not, so far, prevented their circulation, their purchases and sales wholesale and retail in Haiti, particularly in the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince. [emb rc apr 10/07/2024 13:00]
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