Ghana to Introduce Biodegradable Plastics This Year
Ghana is going to introduce biodegradable plastics this year, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng said on Thursday.
Frimpong-Boateng was opening a regional policy dialogue of the Switch Africa Green (SAG) project in Accra which assembled stakeholders from six African countries to share experiences on the switch to green business development for sustainable growth.
The dialogue is to create a common understanding of policy landscape to enable countries to strengthen their institutions with appropriate tools and legal instruments for green business development.
In an answer to a question by Xinhua about plans to ban plastic bags in Ghana, Frimpong-Boateng said Ghana is going to introduce biodegradable plastics this year.
He said the Ghana Standards Authority had begun running tests on some resins that it is going to encourage or force plastic manufacturers to use to get biodegradable materials in Ghana.
Tom Hickmore