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The Chairman of the Supreme Committee organizing the 'Environment Friends' campaign, Dhari Hamad Al-Wazzan recently declared a first-of-a- kind awareness campaign in Kuwait calling for replacing plastic bags with paper ones as 'environment friendly' alternatives, reported Al-Watan.

Speaking at a press conference to announce the campaign, Al-Wazzan added that the campaign comprised of distributing awareness brochures to the public explaining the dangers of the non-biodegradable basic material of plastic bags and their role in causing cancer when used to carry food or contain items.

He said that over a million paper bags had already been distributed to all co-operative societies to be used instead of plastic ones in carrying various purchases. He also said that the campaign would officially kick-off after the holy month of Ramadan.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the summer and environment campaign committee Dr. Mubarak Al-Ajmi said that the committee held its third meeting under the presence of the Ministry Of Social Affairs and Labor and the Public Authority for Youth and Sports.

During the meeting, the committee agreed that cleaning campaigns would be done for islands, beaches, residential suburbs and public streets every Thursday and the campaign would start next month.

The committee also decided that the first sea trip would be to Failaka Island in which boy scouts and youth clubs from the Ministry of Social Affairs would participate. They also decided that Salem Al-Mubarak would be the first street for the activities of the committee.

Al-Ajmi noted that the main aim of the cleaning campaign is to encourage having a more positive attitude towards the environment and to normalize different society sectors in order to serve the community and the environment.