Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Movement to eradicate plastic bags, straws and styrofoam in Puerto Vallarta

Concerned about the large number of plastics that reach the oceans and the pollution generated in Puerto Vallarta, Councilman Juan José Cuevas requested the support of the deputies to present an initiative through which the idea of "a state free of straws, plastic bags, and styrofoam" can be achieved.

"300 tons of plastics that are being produced per year are causing a world where we find plastic islands in our oceans, some the size of a continent, as big as our Mexico and these plastic products at sea will make their way back to us and our ocean life".

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