Environment Authority conducts awareness campaign

Muscat: The Environment Authority conducted an awareness campaign and distributed a number of eco-friendly and multiple-usage bags. 

The authority said, "In conjunction with the decision to ban single-use plastic bags, the Environment Department in Al Dakhiliya Governorate, in cooperation with the Municipality Department in Al Hamra, conducted an awareness campaign for a number of centres and shops, and a number of environmentally friendly and multi-use bags were distributed to encourage the community to use them."