{"id":35394,"date":"2019-05-31T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=35394"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:46:13","slug":"upp-calls-for-the-removal-of-red-plastic-streamers-from-utility-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-calls-for-the-removal-of-red-plastic-streamers-from-utility-poles\/","title":{"rendered":"UPP Calls For The Removal Of Red Plastic Streamers From Utility Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the United Nations and the Government of Norway recognize Antigua & Barbuda\u2019s achievement in banning harmful plastics, the United Progressive Party (UPP) is challenging Environment Minister Molwyn Joseph and the Antigua Labour Party Administration to go further.<\/p>\n

The UPP calls attention to the number of light poles that are still wrapped in red plastic more than one year after the General Elections of March 2018. A drive between the Southern villages and Fig Tree Drive will reveal that, as well as plastic, many of these poles are still plastered with political posters that do nothing to enhance the environment.<\/p>

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The Party also believes the removal of the plastic streamers flying above several streets in St. John\u2019s City is long overdue.
\nWhile the UPP supports the recent introduction of litter bins in the downtown area, it also calls for a concerted effort at public education in the separation of waste and proper recycling practices.<\/p>

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It also urges the Minister of the Environment to place adequately sized waste bins at all bus stops, where unsightly garbage tends to lie, uncollected, sometimes for months at a time.<\/p>\n

Finally, as the world celebrates with us our so-called advances in protecting the environment, the UPP calls attention to the contradictory and callous treatment of the Northeast Marine Management Area.<\/p>

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There, the native flora, fauna and marine life are now under threat on account of the wanton destruction of their natural habitats by YIDA \u2013 removing protective mangroves, altering the shoreline, and threatening the fishing industry….<\/p>\n

We ask the Minister and his government exactly how the preceding examples comport with the objectives of the \u201cPlay It Out\u201d concert to be staged on Saturday.<\/p>

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