In an effort to end the plastic pollution , UNICEF, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Education teamed up to distribute nearly 10,000 BPA-free reusable water bottles to first-graders across Maldives as part of the new government’s 100 Days Action Plan. This initiative builds on a number of others that came before it: in 2018, a nationwide ban on single-use plastics was implemented in schools across the Maldives