Тhe round table organized by the Department of Ecology of Atyrau
Employees of the Ecocampus development department and teachers of the Department of Ecology of Atyrau State University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov took part in the round table organized by the Department of Ecology of Atyrau with the invitation of representatives of all the city’s supermarkets.
The agenda touched upon the issue of phasing out the use of plastic bags. Head of the Department of Ecology, of ASU named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov, Esenamanova Mansia Sanakovna, spoke about the environmental damage of plastic bags, a specialist of the Ecocampus development department, Aigul Toleshova, informed the audience about alternative types of packaging and the role of supermarkets in instilling ecological culture to customers.
Each buyer takes out up to 15 packages in one visit to the supermarket, uses on average no more than 30 minutes, and packages decompose up to 400 years. The introduction of paid packages in all Atyrau supermarkets will reduce the volume of plastic bags by 30-40%.