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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @09:46PM
You can always tell an urban neighborhood is being gentrified when white folks bring their dogs. I live in a city and there are certain streets I just don't walk down anymore because the sidewalks are too narrow to accommodate foot traffic in two directions when there's a dog walker taking up the entire sidewalk. It's especially bad when a narrow sidewalk is fenced in or up against a wall so there's no way to walk around the dog walker.