The making of Mauritius a plastic-free island is on. Sensitisation campaigns would be launched on 15 October 2020 by the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, in line with the measure announced in the Government Programme 2020-2024 to make Mauritius a plastic free country. To ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of the Environment Protection Regulations, a mass sensitisation campaign would be undertaken as from 15 October 2020 up to April 2021 whereby, information regarding the banned products, alternatives available and penalty for offences under the Regulations would be widely disseminated.