Lunch sheets of all kinds will be prohibited

The Minister of the Environment has directed officials in the Ministry of the Environment to take steps to ban all sorts of lunch papers. Sri Lanka is predicted to release nearly 10 million lunch sheets into the environment every day, according to a statement released by the Ministry.

While lunch sheets dissolve in the soil in 2 to 3 years, experts have confirmed that the microplastic particles that build in the soil as a result of lunch sheets can endure up to 200 years.

Minister Mahinda Amaraweera claimed that because the Ministry of Environment has already taken efforts to prohibit the use of lunch sheets, it is feasible to make an order without publishing a new gazette notification.

Source: Adaderana.lk