Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Plastic in Utila   On Wednesday, December 10th The Utila Municipality held the first meeting for the campaign to enforce a           Honduran law which prohibits the use of plastic bags in the Bay Islands. This campaign will hopefully start to   be implemented at the beginning of March 2015. Implementation and enforcement of the law is going to be a       long process but it is certainly a project that will positively benefit Utila for years to come. Roatan is now in compliance with the law but It took their recycling committee approximately 2 years before it     could be fully implemented. However, on the 6th of June, 2014 Roatan accomplished what they wanted: the use of plastic bags has now been banned on the Island of Roatan, and the island has limited the use of plastic soda bottles. Businesses, residents dive operators and the government of Roatan got involved in the process which is proving to be a success. Everyone needs to get involved in order to change outdated and detrimental habits. In Utila, implementation probably won’t take quite as long as it did in Read More