As of Monday a box with sustainable products for newborns will be gifted upon registration of the child.

The baby box includes 10 sustainable products, such as a baby blanket made from bamboo, reusable nappy, tote-bag made from recycled plastic bottles, feeding bib, teether, socks and mittens.

The box holding the theme, You hold their future, is aimed at introducing sustainable living in our lives, at every step of the way. Through the Directorate of Sustainable Development, the distribution will kick off as a three-month pilot project, to be extended as announced in the Budget 2022.

This initiative was announced by the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli, together with the parliamentary secretary for Citizenship and Communities Alex Muscat, during the launch of the Baby Box at the Lil’ Ville Childcare Centre.

“Through the Sustainable Baby Box initiative we want to help nurture a sustainable culture within our households. We also know that sustainable living may not be easily accessible for everyone, for different reasons. We decided to take the first step and reach out to help further the knowledge on how it is possible to lead a sustainable life at every stage of our lives. We are doing this also through other supporting measures targeting not only families, but also students, youths and enterprises,” said Minister Dalli.

“In order to reach sustainability in economic, environmental and social terms, we all need to work together.”

Muscat said that Identity Malta’s role in distributing these boxes is yet another example of the agency’s commitment towards facilitating its services.

Muscat explained that Identity Malta’s office in Mater Dei was set up in order to make matters easier for families who can now register their newborns in hospital, without having to go anywhere else. “Distributing these baby boxes from Identity Malta’s office will enhance the services we offer, introducing new families to a sustainable lifestyle, instilling values that will hopefully last a lifetime,” added the parliamentary secretary.

He said that the agency practices what it preaches by adopting a sustainable work ethic, offering many of its services online, therefore eliminating the use of paper.

This initiative aims to address three Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations: sustainable economy, responsible consumption and production and climate change.