Bahamas Plastic Movement

Bahamas Plastic Movement
Formation 2014 (2014)
Headquarters Eleuthera, Bahamas
Region served
The Bahamas
Founder
 Kristal Ambrose
Website bahamasplasticmovement.org

The Bahamas Plastic Movement is a Nonprofit organization based out of the South Eleuthera, Bahamas that focuses on reducing plastic pollution.[1] The organization was founded in 2014 by Kristal Ambrose.[2] The organization specializes in using youth to end plastic pollution.

Plastic bag ban

In 2018 a youth delegation from the Bahamas Plastic Movement traveled to Nassau, Bahamas to meet with Romauld Ferreira, Minister of the Environment and Housing, to ban plastic bags in the Bahamas.[3] The Bahamas Plastic Movement claimed that if plastic pollution on beaches increased that $8.5 million in tourism would be lost.[4] Fereira and his cabinet have since approved plans to phase out plastic bags by 2020.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bahamas Plastic Movement". Bahamas Plastic Movement. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  2. ↑ "The Bahamas Has a Plastic Problem, and This Woman Is Out to Fix It". Coastal Living. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Bahamas To Ban Plastic Bags >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  4. 1 2 "Plastic bag ban takes first step". Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  5. ↑ "The Bahamas to Ban Single-Use Plastics By 2020 | Caribbean360". Caribbean360. 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
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