Clean and Green Guyana is teaming up with supermarkets countrywide to introduce reusable/biodegradable shopping bags to their customers as part of a wider effort aimed at teaching the public to make more environmentally-friendly choices.
According to a press release, the three-month pilot project is being overseen by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. The objective of this exercise is to reduce the use of plastic bags by consumers and businesses by making the public aware of safer choices.
“Plastic bags are a major environmental threat in Guyana and [worldwide]. If plastic bags are
