Business View Caribbean | February 2020

63 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 increased the area of the roof equipment, and we are now generating, between this mall and our sister mall, nearly a million kilowatt-hours of energy a year,” Eastmond reports. Sky Mall was also ahead of the new government’s ban on plastics, and had planned to outlaw plastic utensils and Styrofoam containers well before the new legislation came into effect, as a part of the movement towards a green economy. In its goal to have Barbados plastic-free by 2020, the government placed a ban on the importation of single-use plastics in April, 2019. These are items made of plastic or polystyrene and Styrofoam containers used in the culinary retail industry. Finally, effective April 1, 2020, there will be a ban on petrol-based plastic bags, except those used for the packaging of pharmaceuticals, hygiene products, and food preservation. Sky Mall is also very involved in the local community, and participates in many charity, SKY MALL