Caribbean Times 94th Issue

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sultation with him.
Discussion on the most
favourable substitutes for
replacement of these Styrofoam
products will be
among the top agenda items
for this committee.
Minister Joseph also assured
the stakeholders that
tax on importation of alternative
products will be
waived when the initiative
is officially implemented.
Among the distributors,
wholesalers and business
owners in attendance at the
function were Dave Soogrin
of Mega-Distributors,
Stanley Yang of Delightful
Restaurant, Lyndon Smart
of Little Canton Supermarket
as well as Michael
Friend and Sasha Mercer of
Epicurean Fine Foods.
Present as well were
Joyce Andrew of Chase
Distributors, Victor Michael
of First Choice Supermarket,
Bargain Centre’s
Raydee Matthew and
Marvin Geno Gore from
Gore Global Group Inc.
Gore, who is his company’s
CEO, disclosed
that they are standing firm
with the government and
are ready to aid in the fight
against harmful pollutants.
“We think that it is
something that is going to
have a very positive impact
on our society and environment
as a whole and we
stand fully committed to
facilitate the Government
in their endeavour, in not
only the ban on Styrofoam
but the other harmful pollutants
that we have now in
our environment that have
an adverse effect on our
population”, Gore said.
On the first of January
2016, the Government has
implemented a ban on the
importation of the commercial
t-shirt plastic bags
while a total ban on its use
was effected six months
later, 1 st July in larger supermarkets.
Total ban on the use of
same in the smaller business
establishments is being
fully enforced.