New campaign launched to reduce plastic pollution in Medinas

Our Medinas without plastic" is the slogan of a new campaign launched Saturday by the Environment Ministry and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in La Kasbah Square, the Médina of Tunis, a few days after curtains came down on an initiative dubbed "2023, Year of Cleanliness". The new campaign will be conducted in collaboration with the Municipality of Tunis and Tunisian Scouts. It is intended to reduce plastic pollution in the medinas, the old cities in Tunisian towns and attractive tourist destinations . Tunisia generates more than 2.5 million tonnes of waste a year. Plastic waste accounts for around 10% of this total, according to the Ministry of the Environment. Around 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste end up in the sea every year, seriously damaging marine ecosystems. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse