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Mariame Robinson, Vice-President of the PSOJ and Hugh Johnson, President of the SBAJ
There is more agitation for a delay in the ban on the importation of Styrofoam, which is scheduled to start in January.
Mariame Robinson, Vice-President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), is pushing for a phased-in solution because of several factors.
While some manufacturers have asked for an extension of the time so that alternatives can be introduced, groups such as the Jamaica Environment Trust are insisting on a January start.
Mrs Robinson states that the manufacturing sector wants the ban phased in for more than one reason, but particularly because it believes "there should be a very clear high level plan as to how we're going to create alternatives, substitutes, for specifically the users."
She has proposed a six to 12 months timeline for the implementation of the ban.
SBAJ
Meanwhile, Hugh Johnson, President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), is also advocating for a delay in the Styrofoam ban.
He argued there are technical and economic issues to be resolved.
"All the alternate material that we have been using, it has a heat transfer problem. One of the complaints that we're getting (is that) the customers are getting burnt through these; the heat transfer is not compatible to the one that we used to have," he explained.
"We're also looking on the price differentials. The price of these alternatives is about three times the price of the Styrofoam. So we are saying, until these things are ironed out, it is proving challenging," he added.
He was speaking Tuesday on RJR's Beyond the Headlines.
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