Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Colm Im­bert says the Gov­ern­ment will sup­port any ini­tia­tive that re­duces plas­tic waste in this coun­try and hopes to es­tab­lish a ro­bust na­tion­al re­cy­cling sys­tem.

Speak­ing at Wednes­day’s in­au­gur­al cer­e­mo­ny of the Mt Lam­bert Bal­ing Fa­cil­i­ty, Im­bert ad­mit­ted that he was not aware of a two-year-old Every Bot­tle Back TT ini­tia­tive but vowed to as­sist in any way pos­si­ble to en­cour­age the re­cy­cling of plas­tic bot­tles.

“To put it sim­ply, just say what you want the Gov­ern­ment to do to pro­mote and sup­port the re­cy­cling of plas­tic bot­tles,” he stat­ed.