Two-month campaign launch in Dakahlia against plastic use

Dakahlia’s Environmental Affairs Agency has launched an educational campaign targeting primary school children to discourage the use of plastic, according to an Environment Ministry statement. The two-month campaign will also see the agency promote awareness about the ways plastic can harm the environment and the governorate’s agriculture . There has been a push to reduce plastic consumption in several other governorates and Egypt is working on a strategy to stop the production of single-use plastic bags altogether.