Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Sta. Barbara town controls use, sale of plastic bags

ILOILO CITY, Philippines - Officials of Sta. Barbara town in Iloilo has started implementing the newly approved municipal ordinance that regulates the use of plastic bags as packing or bagging material.

Vice Mayor Rodulfo Delgado said Tuesday that the ordinance will be enforced in the town's public market, supermarkets, grocery and retail stores.

Delgado said the ordinance is intended to limit if not totally eliminate the use of plastic bags in the town.

The ordinance requires vendors to use paper or cloth bags, buri bags or bayong and other non-plastic materials like sacks and sturdy reusable shopping bags, and biodegradable plastics and other containers instead of plastic bags as packing and bagging materials.

It also encourages the placing of bulky goods in paper boxes or cartons or other biodegradable bagging materials.

Delgado added that the ordinance intends to prohibit the sale, distribution, or delivery of non-biodegradable plastic bags or similar items in any establishments within the municipality of Sta. Barbara.

However, establishments that have previously printed or acquired volumes of non-biodegradable plastic bags are given three months from effectivity of the measure to utilize or dispose of the materials.

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-Sunstar Iloilo

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