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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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Kenya Introduces Big Penalties for Plastic Bags
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday August 29 2017, @05:14PM (3 children)
Bags can be cleaned - and it's entirely up to the user whether they are or not.
Besides which - the outsides of anything you buy at the store is going to be covered in germs anyway - and unlike the germs in your bag, they won't all be germs you've already been living alongside of.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:14PM (2 children)
Cleaning a reusable bag once is more harmful than using several disposable bags.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:27PM
I would like to see some evidence on this. They are small and take up little room in the washer or dryer.
Its not like anyone washes a load of just these bags and I wont be doing more loads just due to the facts.
Its also not the energy the bag needs to be produced its the fact that it probably ends up in the great pacific plastic patch if you don't recycle.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:40PM
Wrong, the resource use in creating a single bag is much higher than you think. Start to finish it will use more water and other resources than washing will.
SO MUCH FUD TODAY!!