What a remarkable step kenya government has taken!

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Kenya brings in world's toughest plastic bag ban: four years jail or $40,000 fine

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Plastic bags stick out of a pile of rubbish in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Photograph : Daniel Irungu/EPA

Producing, selling and using plastic bags becomes illegal as officials
say they want to target manufacturers and sellers first.

Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 (£31,000) from Monday, as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/28/kenya-brings-in-worlds-toughest-plastic-bag-ban-four-years-jail-or-40000-fine

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