ATHENS — Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss the progress of a nationwide information campaign to help phase out the use of disposable plastic, discussing the planning and also the challenges going forward.
The "Greece Without Disposable Plastics" campaign is a joint intiative of the environment and energy ministry with the Athanasiou K. Laskaridis Public Benefit Foundation that aims to inform and sensitise the public in Greece to the need to change their lifestyle and reduce the volume of disposable plastic used in daily life.
A draft bill on disposable plastics is to be discussed at the next cabinet meeting.
Among those present at the meeting with the prime minister were Environment And Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, the Secretary-General for Natural Environment and Water Konstantinos Aravosis and Dr. Angeliki Kosmopoulou from the Laskaridis Foundation, who presented him with copies of the promotional material created for the campaign.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
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