国际英语资讯:Feature: Young Palestinians launch initiative to reduce plastic use in blockaded Gaza_时事

国际英语资讯:Feature: Young Palestinians launch initiative to reduce plastic use in blockaded Gaza

Determined to achieve that goal and willing to inspire her peers, the young Palestinian woman carries her fabric bags to multiple local markets and malls, offering them to customers there.

"When anyone asks me about it, I answer that it is a modern bag that would help us reduce the use of plastic," she said, noting her concept was nothing new but could potentially help Gazans overcome many of the health challenges that have been hitting the enclave in recent years.

"Over the years, dozens of epidemics and diseases have spread in the Gaza Strip partially because of the pollution accumulated here ... It altered the environmental landscape and worsened our overall well-being, especially given that Gaza lacks means that would discharge the waste," al-Madhoun explained.

Al-Saqa, the other leader in the My Bag initiative, believes that the new generation is able to change old bad habits that harm human health.

"Right now, we are a small group of people, but I hope that our initiative will grow to embrace all the Gazan society," said the young woman.

Ahmed Al-Madhoun, coordinator of the initiative from Gaza city, told Xinhua that they aim to encourage people, especially the young generation, to use cloth bags instead of plastic.

"The industrial revolution has harmed our environmental life and human health because we live in an integrated circle," the young man said, as he was checking the page of their initiative on Facebook.