ArmInfo.In Armenia, the use of disposable plastic products will be banned. This was reported by the Minister of Nature Protection Eric Grigoryan on 10 July in an interview with reporters.
According to him, the process will start with one community, then it will move to the level of one region and after a while Armenia will join those countries where the use of disposable plastic is prohibited.
As the minister pointed out, the process initiated in Armenia is a worldwide trend - in many countries there is a ban on the use of disposable plastic products. "I think that in the next 5-10 years the ban will be in force in all countries of the world." We can not immediately ban the process, but we start the process, "he said, stressing that measures will be taken to notify citizens of the dangers of repeated use products from disposable plastic. The events, he pointed out, will be implemented with grant funds and will not become an additional burden for the state budget.