Frimpong- Boateng To Give Update On Draft Plastic Management Policy And Implementation Plan Tomorrow

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, will tomorrow July 2 deliver update on a draft Plastic Management Policy and Implementation plan which is before cabinet for approval.

The policy seeks to encourage behavioral change towards plastics management. It will also encourage and support locally-appropriate recovery and recycling technologies and service models as well as see to the establishment of a Plastics Trading Platform & Resource Locator.

The Minister will share how government intends to roll out this policy when he takes his turn at the Meet-the-Press series organized by the Information Ministry.

Prof.Frimpong Boateng is also expected to provide update on the approved increases by cabinet in the allocation of Funding for Science and Technology from 0.3% to 1%.

The Meet the Press series will be carried live on GTV and all Ministry of Information’s (MOI’s) social media platforms.