Comments on: Tanzania bans plastic bags – travellers take note! https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/conservation/tanzania-bans-plastic-bags-travellers-take-note/ Uganda & East Africa Travel blog Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: the muzungu https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/conservation/tanzania-bans-plastic-bags-travellers-take-note/#comment-60229 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:36:21 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=14443#comment-60229 In another positive development for the environment in East Africa “President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya bans single-use plastic products in parks, beaches”
The June 2019 article says:
“Visitors to national parks, beaches, forests and conservation areas will not be allowed to carry disposable plates, cups, straws, spoons, forks and water bottles, which are considered major environmental pollutants.
Plastics have become a major nuisance for the environment with many littering the oceans, forests and even blocking drainages.
Kenya outlawed the use of plastics carrier bags in 2016 and has been considering extending the ban to other single-use products.”
The ban will take effect on June 5, 2020.

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