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Kenya Introduces Big Penalties for Plastic Bags

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 29 2017, @03:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the costly-takeout dept.

driven writes:

In an effort to reduce plastic bag pollution, Kenya has introduced tough laws that will result in a prison term of up to 4 years or a maximum of $40,000 for any Kenyan producing, selling or even using plastic bags, although initial enforcement will target manufacturers and suppliers.

"The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda and Italy."

Bags can take 500-1000 years to decompose, in the mean time killing or harming wildlife and entering the human food chain.
What is being done about plastic bag pollution where you live?

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday August 29 2017, @05:08PM (3 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Tuesday August 29 2017, @05:08PM (#560936)

    I understand the Germans have some very impressive and convenient waste-handling facilities - dump in unsorted garbage and it gets mechanically sorted for recycleables (metals, glass, and I think plastic), while organics gt incinerated for energy. Profitable enough that they're importing huge quantities of other countries trash. Whether it would be profitable in the US with our cheaper energy and much laxer pollution regulations... I have no idea.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:47PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:47PM (#561007)

    laxer pollution regulations

    Not true! Germany is filthy. Dogs shit everywhere and people don't clean it up. The cheating diesel cars were illegal in the US but not Germany. And Gemany heavily burns brown coal, which is the dirtiest kind.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 30 2017, @07:06AM (1 child)

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday August 30 2017, @07:06AM (#561367) Homepage
      Germany gets through 3.2kg of brown coal per capita per year.
      The US gets though 3.5kg of brown coal per capita per year.

      Stop trying to pollute SoylentNews with your Fox-News-style "truths".
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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:31PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:31PM (#561745)

        How many kg per square mile?