The message was delivered yesterday in Kigali when the ministry staff joined city dwellers in mass sport known as ‘Car Free Day’.
The sports was attended by different senior government officials including Prime Minister, Dr. Edouard Ngirente; the Minister of Environment, Dr. Vincent Biruta; the Minister of Health, Dr. Diane Gashumba ; the Minister of Sports and Culture, Julienne Uwacu and new City of Kigali Mayor, Marie Chantal Rwakazina.
During the sport event, Minister Biruta requested city dwellers and Rwandans in general to fight against disposable plastic materials for preventing their effects to the environment.
“This year’s theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ is in line with fighting against plastic waste, as you all know; we successfully banned plastic bags in 2008 which contributed to the positioning of City of Kigali to become one of the cleanest cities on the continent. This year we want to go a step further in fighting disposable bottles because they are also not degradable,” he explained.
He said that when a plastic bottle is dumped anywhere, the floods take them in rivers, which also transfer them in lakes and finally harm lives of animals living in waters.
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