Environmentally safe and friendly bags in various colors.
Owner of Lyn’s Dream Bakery Lynette Anson-Leerdam decided to take action against the pollution caused by plastic bags, and purchased environmentally-friendly bags, offering these to all her customers free of charge. Research has proven that plastic bags take up to 1,000 years to dissolve on earth, and their effects are harmful and cause hazards. “Even though plastic bags are one of the modern conveniences that we seem to be unable to do without, they are responsible for causing pollution, killing wildlife, and using up the precious resources of the earth,” Anson-Leerdam said.
Lynnette Anson-Leerdam of Lyn’s Dream Bakery (right)
handing out a re-usable bag to one of her customers, an officer of the Royal
Dutch Marechaussee.
“I am sick and tired of these plastic bags, they are destroying our beautiful island. The environmentally-friendly bags you can re-use for many years, so we decided to make the change seeing that our business marks five years this year,” she added. Switching to environmentally-safe and -friendly bags was the first step for Lyn’s Dream Bakery. The company will also be implementing paper bags for their bread in the future.
Lynnette Anson presenting at Women's Day Conference on Statia, March 4th, 2016
Anson-Leerdam spoke about her “ban” on plastic bags during the Women’s Day Conference and Gala, which is taking place Friday and today, Saturday, at Mike van Putten Youth Centre, and explained why she has stopped handing out plastic bags to customers. She said she walked on Zeelandia beach along the dumpsite and saw the mess caused by plastic bags, not only on land, but also to ocean wildlife. “Other islands and countries around the world have banned the use of plastic bags in stores, shops and restaurants. This might be something that islands within this region could also implement, seeing that the Caribbean is so tourism-dependent” said Director of Tourism Charles Lindo in a reaction.
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