NGO, students want prohibition of single-use plastics
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he said that the production of paper bags would boost peoples interest in tree planting while creating jobs for chemical engineers and other nigerians1 global initiative for food security and ecosystem preservation an ngo has called for a total ban on single-use plastics if they could not be reused or recycled1 micheal said that plastic pollution had been a serious environmental menace all over the world1 he added that this explained why his organisation decided to organise the neighbourhood clean-up in collaboration with the students of government secondary school jabi so as to sensitise the students to the need to control plastic waste in the country1 plastics here in the jabi community run off to jabi lake. if you see the quantity of plastics in jabi lake you will never believe it1 that is why we chose this community that is very close to the jabi lake because all the waste of the residents overflow to the lake we want the students to understand that it is important to dispose waste safely1 we are also saying that any plastic material you can reuse reuse it because single-use plastics are contaminating the environment1 we are advocating for a total ban of single use of plastics in nigeria because plastics do not decay they remain in the soil river and ocean for years he added1 michael urged producers of plastic packages to use biodegradable materials such as paper bags and leaf to package consumable products1 its executive director david michael made the call at a clean-up exercise in the jabi neighbourhood of abuja to commemorate the 2018 world environment day which has beat plastic pollution as its theme1 today all over the world is world environment day and un has chosen a good theme for the day which is beat plastic pollution1 plastics have become a menace to our society the environment and our heart1 we need to reduce the rate at which we are using plastics not just only nigeria but all over the world1 today is a significant day for all of humanity. in fact every day should be labelled the world environment day because our lives largely depend on the environment1 the air we breathe the food we eat and even ourselves as humans all came from the soil which is the major component of the environment1 there is therefore a compelling need for us to take care of our environment he said1 clara okpala a student of government secondary school jabi underscored the need to ban the production and utilisation of single-use plastics because whenever plastic waste got into rivers it harmed and killed fishes and other marine life1 martins obi another student of the school said that plastic waste because of its inability to decompose often blocked water channels thereby causing floods which displaced people from their homes1