Market gears up to adjust to single-use plastics ban
The Greek market appears ready to rise to the challenge set by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis regarding an upcoming ban on all single-use plastics, business representatives told Xinhua. Greece has already made some progress in this area by charging users of single-use plastic carrier bags an environmental tax over the last couple of years, in compliance with a European Union directive. Banning all types of single-use plastics such as cups, bottles, straws and other everyday items may seem more difficult, but it is entirely
Alpha and Eurobank signed agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) yesterday for their joint participation in the Infrastructure Fund of Funds (InfraFoF) created by the Development Ministry and the EIB. InfraFoF is expected to mobilize investments of at least 650 million euros for sustainable economy projects. feasible for Greece, said Ilianna Kosta, a product designer with Boobam, a local manufacturer of biodegradable bamboomade utensils. “The Greek market is working very hard to show progress in this respect, and is advancing fast. Local business has made a dynamic entry in environmentally friendly products and Greek society has also matured toward that,” Kosta told Xinhua. Athens International Airport (AIA) spokesman Ioakim Tsimbidis told Xinhua that Greece’s biggest airport has enforced a ban on single-use plastics from the employees’ food service areas, while food service companies for passengers are also replacing singleuse plastics with environmentally friendly choices. Companies are now going out of their way to reduce the use of plastic, often encouraging each other to do so. AIA and food service companies at the terminal “are together examining further action aimed at completely eradicating single-use plastics in the coming years,” Tsimbidis said.