In almost every workshop in Uganda, it is a norm to design tables with water packed in Plastics. This has for long been witnessed with High level government officials’ meetings and even parliamentary committee sittings.
In a move to reduce plastic consumption in the country, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is advocating for plastic free workshops and conferences.
The organisation Country Director David Duli called for a change of practice saying the development will not only reduce plastic consumption but will also influence the way manufacturers to package their products.
“Imagine you just put jags of water and glasses which are reusable. You will completely eliminate the thousands of plastics which you would have generated in little time just by changing that,” he said adding that “the practice is already happening” in some parts of the world.
Mr. Duli also said that communities are very responsive to things that affect them negatively and that “we just need to open their eyes” by providing practical alternatives to plastics.
He said that if there is a change of practice even the companies that are battling water will have to think twice about packaging style.
Despite some promising efforts to address the growing problem of plastic waste like banning plastic shopping bags or straws, specific prevention targets for different plastic waste are still not widespread in Uganda and the world at large.
