T&T security ministry to impose ban on glass bottles during Carnival season

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Ministry of National Security says that it will be implementing a ban on glass bottles during the upcoming Carnival season.

During a recent meeting, officials from the ministry said talks surrounding the proposed ban progressed positively held discussions with key Carnival stakeholders. 

The  meet­ing fo­cused on a flex­i­ble en­force­ment ap­proach as well as im­ple­men­ta­tion con­sid­er­a­tions.

 “All par­tic­i­pants in the con­sul­ta­tion process ex­pressed their full sup­port for the in­tend­ed ban on glass bot­tles on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day, agree­ing that the thrust will cre­ate a safer and clean­er en­vi­ron­ment,” said a statement from the security ministry.

The ban on glass bottles is ex­pect­ed to take ef­fect from 4:00 a.m. on Car­ni­val Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 24 to mid­night on Car­ni­val Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 25.

The na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty min­istry added that a pub­lic ed­u­ca­tion dri­ve on the col­lab­o­ra­tive ini­tia­tive en­ti­tled “Clean Scene, Safe Scene” will be launched in the com­ing days.