Bahamas Plastic Movement
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| Formation | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Eleuthera, The Bahamas |
Region served | The Bahamas |
Founder | Kristal Ambrose |
| Website | bahamasplasticmovement.org |
The Bahamas Plastic Movement is a nonprofit organization based out of Eleuthera in the Bahamas that focuses on reducing plastic pollution.[1] The organization was founded in 2013 by Kristal Ambrose.[2] The organization specializes in using youth to end plastic pollution. They are an active member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.[3]
In 2017, the Bahamas Plastic Movement helped create Jack Johnson's music video for "You Can't Control It," and the cover for his album All the Light Above It Too.
Plastic bag ban
[edit]In 2018 a youth delegation from the Bahamas Plastic Movement traveled to Nassau, Bahamas to meet with Romauld Ferreira, Minister of the Environment and Housing, to ban plastic bags in the Bahamas.[4] The Bahamas Plastic Movement claimed that if plastic pollution on beaches increased that $8.5 million in tourism would be lost.[5] Fereira and his cabinet have since approved plans to phase out plastic bags by 2020.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bahamas Plastic Movement". Bahamas Plastic Movement. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "The Bahamas Has a Plastic Problem, and This Woman Is Out to Fix It". Coastal Living. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "THE COALITION". Plastic Pollution Coalition. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Bahamas To Ban Plastic Bags >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Plastic bag ban takes first step". Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "The Bahamas to Ban Single-Use Plastics By 2020 | Caribbean360". Caribbean360. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.