The Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently organised an internal awareness campaign on the environmental hazards of plastic bags which took place over a period of two days on February 5 - 6. The campaign highlighted the negative effects of these bags on the environment and on human health alike, in line with the Ministry’s commitment towards the local community and to the UAE’s residents.

The main aim of the campaign was to shed light on the negative effects of using insoluble, traditional plastic bags, and to limit their usage by promoting environmentally friendly alternatives.

Commenting on the initiative, Saif Ali Al Khatri, Director of Government Communications Department at MoF, emphasized the importance of cooperating with different local entities to promote safe, environmentally friendly practices.

“This campaign is being held in recognition of the UAE’s National Environment Day, and to promote environmentally friendly bags to guarantee a better life for future generations,” Al Khatri said.

During the campaign, MoF distributed environmentally friendly bags to its employees and to its customers and visitors in line with the UAE Cabinet’s decision to implement programmes to reduce the use of plastic bags to eventually ban them by 2013.

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