The Kenyan Government on Mon warned that from August 28 anyone caught amongst plastic bags would live arrested, charged or fined betwixt 19,417 dollars as well as 38,834 dollars.
Kenya announced a ban on the purpose of plastic bags inwards March, giving manufacturers a six-month grace menstruum every bit the guild takes lawsuit on Aug. 28.
A detect from the Ministry of Environment too banned the use, industry as well as importation of all plastic bags used for commercial as well as household packaging.
According to the ministry, the ban targeted carrier bags amongst handles, amongst or without gussets, or apartment bags without handles as well as amongst or without gussets.
Kenya Association of Manufacturers has objected the ban as well as asked the Ministry of Environment to reconsider it, citing project losses every bit tens of factories would closed as well as burn their workers.
The ban would non solely behaviour upon industries that rely on plastics for packaging exactly the entire value chain.
Millions of livelihoods are at stake.
The ministry building said the ban does non behaviour upon industrial packaging, exactly this has non been backed upwards legally, according to the association.
Environmentalists as well as around consumers, however, are happy amongst the ban noting it was long overdue.
Kenya uses upwards to 24 i M 1000 plastic bags monthly, amongst one-half ending upwards inwards the surround due to pathetic disposal.
“The surround including H2O bodies are chocked past times the plastics killing marine life.
“This is the best affair to hand off to our soil as well as the ministry building should non plough back. Rwanda did it, why non us?’’ posed Herman piece contributing on a social media debate.
Xinhua