Trash in Peru
Trash is an extremely vast problem. Therefore, we decided as a team to focus on a specific type of trash, which would allow us to thoroughly research about that certain type of trash, to be able to research a lot about one type, to be able to propose a good and developed solution. The type of trash that we have chosen was the plastic contamination, in special the water bottles. This is because the plastic bags are causing big negative consequences in global levels, like we are going to explain in detail in our report. Then, we are going to analyze the existent solutions to this problem to be able to see which suits more at the conditions of our country and region. Finally, the last part of our investigation consists on the base of a public ordinance, to be able to make our plan real and factible in Peru.
Our Objective
Our objective: To reduce the excessive amount of plastic bags that are given out freely in the main-chain supermarkets in Lima, so that we can minimize the contamination of plastic both in cities and natural flora.
Why are we doing this?
Why are we doing this?
- There are approximately 1 billion plastic bags in the world.
- Less than 10% of the bags end up in recycling plants .
- 100,000 sea animals die every year because of plastic bags.