The necessary promotion of environmental awareness

In this context, Ecoplas, the organization that advocates for conscious plastic consumption, invites us to rethink the way we produce, use, and manage these materials by proposing real solutions, some of which are already underway and that allow us to transform this environmental challenge into an opportunity to advance toward sustainability. There are more than 140 active recycling industries in 19 provinces, promoting the circular economy and the creation of green jobs, the organization states. There are movements in some municipalities to enter the circuit, but they are uneven. There is no clarity on how to create a regulatory framework that incentivizes the recovery and valorization of urban solid waste (MSW) and for the circular economy to become a widespread practice. In this regard, constitutionalist and environmental defender Daniel Sabsay highlighted the legislation in place in the country, but said that in most cases it is not enforced or regulations are lacking. He raised the concern that the State, which should enforce the regulations, has adopted a denialist attitude.