HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 26 (ACN) The preparation of professionals and their skills for the transition to the replacement of single-use plastics with sustainable alternatives has begun in Cuba.
Specialists from Central State Administration agencies and institutions received on Thursday the first indications about the importance of the project, led by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA by its Spanish acronym).
Jose Fidel Santana Nuñez, deputy prime minister of CITMA, offered details of what will be in the near future the Integrated Alliance, together for Less Plastic Waste, in order to prepare the country for the upcoming regulations on the need to stop pollution by polymers and the corresponding substitutions.
He pointed out that one of its objectives is to reduce the release of such wastes into the environment, for which a technological change is essential, as well as the understanding and strengthening of citizens’ awareness, commitment and contribution to reduce present and future contagion.
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