His Excellency Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi, the Minister of Municipality and Environment called on the residents of Qatar to participate in supporting the local and international efforts to create a collective human awareness to preserve the environment from pollution.
Marking World Environment Day, the minister said that Qatar strongly supports waste recycling projects and encourages the use of paper bags instead of plastic.
This year, Qatar marks the “World Environment Day” 2018 under the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”. The Ministry celebrates the occasion by organising several awareness events, including competitions on damage caused by plastic bags, household agriculture, recycling and other agricultural activities for both adults and children.
It also carries out initiative for planting trees in the parking area of a shopping complex and honouring Qatari winners in the competition of drawings and environmental articles organised by the Kuwait-based Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment on the occasion of Regional Environment Day 2018.
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