Sri Lanka’s ban on all types of non-degradable lunch sheets will be implemented from today (August 01) onwards. The Government of Sri Lanka imposed a ban on the manufacturing, distribution, sale, or use of non-degradable lunch sheets. Previously, a grace period of a month was granted to sell the lunch sheets that had already been manufactured. It has been estimated that Sri Lanka releases over 10 million lunch sheets into the environment per day. While lunch sheets decompose in the soil within 2 to 3 years, scientists have confirmed that the micro-plastic particles that accumulate in the soil due to lunch sheets last for over 200 years.

Source: The Nation August 01, 2021 04:30 UTC