Biodegradable Plastic Bags Project is a social enterprise aims to empower women and girls to produce bags in Tanzania. The project will empower women and young girls by giving them skills to create and produce environmentally friendly bags. Given that plastic is a number one polluter of the environment and a silent killer of our natural environment. I want to address the challenge of increasing plastic bag, use that affects gender and the environment in Tanzania.
According to UNEP report 16 May 2023 shows that Millions of animals are killed by plastics every year, from birds to fish to other marine organisms. Nearly 700 species, including endangered ones, are known, have been affected by plastics. Nearly every species of seabird eats plastics". Since the 1990s, there has been an increase the plastic packages being placed on the markets. Most of the plastics packages are produced in China (28%), North America (19%) and Western Europe (19%). Plastic bags
Empowering women and girls through training in the production of eco-friendly bags, creating sustainable livelihoods, reducing plastic waste, and protecting the environment while promoting community development. Producing biodegradable plastic bags using renewable raw materials derived from plants. This helps reduce plastic waste, which affects the environment and living organisms.
Having women and adolescent girls trained in biodegradable plastic bags production of biodegradable products. Reduced the use of non-biodegradable plastic bag which take hundreds of years to decompose and contribute significantly to pollution in landfills, oceans, and ecosystems. Job Created in manufacturing, distribution, and sales in biodegradable plastic bag for entrepreneur's women and girls. there is a good conducive of environment. trained in biodegradable plastic bags production.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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