Community proposes to prohibit polyethylene packages that decompose more than ten years in the ground. The initiative concerns markets first of all. Local ecologists inspected 26 Lutsk supermarkets. They were looking for those which propose paper or eco-bags.
Lutsk already feel the consequences of irrational usage of the polyethylene. The specialists state that plastics causes flooding, because the sewerages are full of this material. Besides, Bryshche landfill is on the threshold of ecological disaster.
Ukraine has no law concerning plastics usage, so Lutsk town council signed an appeal to the Verkhovna Rada with a proposal to regulate this problem at the legislative level. However, the ecologists believe that people should be more initiative. If they demand eco bags – supermarkets will implement the customers’ needs.