A group of women concerned about the wanton use of plastics in the city launched the Bag Bay Inc which will make available paper bags for shopping and other uses as the groups hopes to educate and inspire the public to switch from plastics to a more environmentally friendly option.
Spearheaded and managed by six women, three of whom are abroad, including Lucia Desir-John, the Director of D&J Shipping; Gillian Yaw, Nola Sinclair, Managing Director of Paper Trail; Coreen Alleyne and Eulene Sinclair, the project was launched on Saturday at the Herdmanston Lodge.
Long before the government announced its intention to ban the use of Styrofoam boxes, the women came up with the idea to offer the public bio-degradable bags to wrap their
