【题目】A ban on plastic bags came into forcein Kenya on Monday in a bid to slow pollution and those found violating the new regulation could be given a mazimum fine of 40 , 000dollars or risk imprisonment of up to four years. T he ban applies to the use, manufacture, and ...
Kenya announced a ban on the use of plastic bags in March, giving manufacturers a six-month grace period as the order takes effect on Aug. 28. "The ministry has banned the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging," the notice from the...
NAKURU , Kenya , March 21 ( Xinhua ) - - Increased public awareness may herald a success for Kenya ' s latest ban on plastic bags that has seen abortive attempts in the past , an environmental activist has said .
Plastic bagsReusable bagsSingle use plastics pose environmental and socioeconomic problems in our life and ecosystems. After a 14 year attempt, Kenya successfully adopted a plastic bag ban for secondary packaging in August 2017. Globally, the impact of plastic bag policies are limited or not ...
【题文】Kenya has been at the forefront of the global war on plastic since 2017, when officials outlawed plastic bags. In 2020, the government raised the demand with a ban on single-use plastics. Unfortunately, tons of industrial and consumer plastic waste continue to get poured into landfills...
The world’s most severe ban on plastic bags was imposed in Kenya in 2017, where anyone producing, selling—or even just carrying—a plastic bag could theoretically receive a jail sentence of up to four years, or a fine of USD40,000 (Lam et al. 2018; Biswas and Hartley 2017). Since...
Kenya musn’t let itself be used as a US dumping ground for plastic waste and resist pressure from the American Chemistry Council.
TheEastAfricancountryofKenyahasbeenattheforefrontoftheglobalwaronplasticsince2017,whenofficialsbannedplasticbags.InJune2020,thegovernment 1 theeffortswithabanonsingle-useplasticsinprotectedareas.Unfortunately,themeasureshave 2 madeanyimpact.Hundredsoftonsofindustrialandconsumerpolymer(聚合物)wastecontinuetoget 3 in...
Juliette Biao, UNEP Regional Director for Africa noted that Kenya was the first among the East African nations to prohibit the use of plastic bags and ban plastic bottles, cups and cutlery in its national parks. In addition, the country had become a member of the Clean Seas Initiative, which...
If you have been in Kenya lately, you must by now be familiar with the overnight celebrity- Githeri man, who by just standing on line to vote, holding a snack of maize and beans in a transparent plastic bag, his fortunes changed. That was a good comic relief for Kenyans and a grass...