Effective date for ban on Styrofoam®
During the 2019/2020 budget debate, the Minister for Sustainable Development Hon. Dr. Gale Rigobert announced that Saint Lucia would be taking steps to reduce the country’s dependence on selected single-use plastics, as well as other food service containers made of Polystyrene (PS) and Expanded PS (EPS), also known as Styrofoam®. Following the policy announcement, the Department of Sustainable Development continued working with its key stakeholders. This was to ensure […]