ArmInfo.Armenian Agriculture Ministry joined the company initiated by the Ministry of Nature Protection, against the using of disposable plastic products.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture, the agency's apparatus and its subordinate organizations will henceforth, on behalf of Minister Artur Khachatryan, purchase water for the needs of the Ministry of Agriculture only in glass bottles.
To recall, on July 10, in a conversation with journalists, Minister of Nature Protection Eric Grigoryan said that the use of disposable plastic products will be banned in Armenia. 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. "I think that in the next 5-10 years the ban will be in force in all countries of the world." We cannot 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.