Guyana now has a line of eco-friendly packaging or table ware alternative for Styrofoam and plastic receptacles.Caribbean Container Inc. (CCI) will be releasing this green line on the market this October.President Donald Ramotar (right) and CCI’s Chief Executive Officer,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Ronald Webster look at the eco-friendly container.At the launching of “Eco Pak” Saturday evening, CCI’s Chief Operating Officer,Wholesale Jerseys From China, Patricia Bacchus said that the product was developed because of the dire need for an alternative for styrofoam and plastic receptacles, coupled with Government’s intention to impose an environmental levy.Ms. Bacchus said that feedback from the business community,China NFL Jerseys, particularly from those in the restaurant and hotel industries,Cheap NFL Jerseys, led them to be confident about the product’s success.She related that “Eco Pak” is made from sugar cane fibre, rather than from wood pulp.Explaining why sugar cane was used,Discount NFL Jerseys, Bacchus said sugar cane crop regenerates much quicker and is less resource intensive.She stated that the product is 100 percent biodegradable and after use decomposition takes 90 days.According to CCI’s Chief Executive Officer, Ronald Webster,Cheap NFL Jerseys, “We are operating in partnership with overseas manufacturers and what we are doing at this point is to determine what the market needs. Those are exceedingly expensive so once we get the market data available and set out we will be putting in our own plant to produce this material.”Demonstrating government’s support for this initiative and similar ventures in the future, President Donald Ramotar said Government is ready to give tax free concession to anyone who wants to setup recycling plants for plastics.Ramotar related that at the recent Building Exposition, great possibilities of using materials seen as nuisance value on the streets were displayed.According to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Robert Persaud, CCI was one of the first companies to step forward with initiatives to support Government’s drive to ensure that we have better environments.He emphasized that the main contributing elements to the garbage situation in the country is what consumers use. Government is supportive of this venture because there is no functioning scheme to incentivize plastic receptacle collection and in some countries styrofoam is banned.Persaud related that Government is looking in the direction of encouraging companies to setup recycling plants and devise ways to phase out the use of Styrofoam. Government will be introducing stamp duty as well as an environmental levy on Styrofoam.

Two Guyanese women were among 22 leading female entrepreneurs from 10 Caribbean countries who attended the two-day Entrepreneurs Network Caribbean (WEN Caribbean) in the USA capital Washington DC,Cheap Jerseys, on March 13.The event was also attended by US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.Guyana was represented by Director of D & J Shipping Service, Lucia L. Desir-John and Barbara Dublin- Peterkin of Beauty Circle and Naturopathic Centre.Other countries that were represented were Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent, Suriname, Dominica, Grenada and the Bahamas.According to Desir-John, the goal of the Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Network mission is to strengthen the voice, visibility and viability of women-led businesses in the Caribbean through advocacy, training, networking, identifying and sharing best practices and the procurement of funds to support the entrepreneurship development of its members.She explained that at the forum,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, the women entrepreneurs were connected to the various tools and resources available to the Caribbean from the United States to support women in business.Ms. Desir-John informed that presentations were made by representatives from the World Bank,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Inter-American Development Bank, InfoDEV, International Finance Corporation, Weconnect International and the US Department of State.? Additionally,Cheap Jerseys Supply, several businesswomen organisations also explained how they functioned to support their members.She explained that at the end of the forum, a representative from each attending Caribbean nation was selected to represent their respective countries at future WEN Caribbean events.Director of D & J Shipping Service,Cheap Authentic NFL Jerseys, Lucia L. Desir-John at the eventAn Executive body, which now leads and coordinates the activities of WEN Caribbean throughout the Region was also established.Desir-John added that their immediate task is to finalise the structure of the network,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, recruit new members from the various Caribbean nations and sensitise Public and Private Sector agencies as well as launching the organisation’s website at wencaribbean.org.