Tanzania to ban single-use plastics by July: setting minister
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FILE PHOTO: Plastic straws are on show in a store in Good, France, November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Picture
DODOMA (Reuters) – Tanzania plans to ban the manufacturing, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic baggage by July, to assist sort out air pollution from non-biodegradable waste.
The East African nation is the newest nation to make a proper dedication to part out single-use non-biodegradable plastics, which have been recognized by the United Nations as one of many world’s greatest environmental challenges.
  Of the 9 billion tonnes of plastic the world has produced, solely 9 % has been recycled, based on U.N. estimates.
Tanzania will be a part of greater than 60 different international locations which have banned, partly banned or taxed single-use plastic baggage, together with China, France, Kenya, Rwanda and Italy.
In August 2017, neighboring Kenya launched one of many world’s hardest bans on plastic baggage mandating 4 years in jail or a positive of $40,000 for even utilizing one.
  “The laws are prepared for publication … it’s potential that July 1 will mark the tip of using plastics within the nation,†Tanzania’s Atmosphere Minister January Makamba advised Parliament on Monday.ÂÂ
  Makamba stated a proper announcement on the ban of single-use plastic baggage in Tanzania would doubtless be made later this month.ÂÂ
Reporting by Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala; Modifying by George Obulutsa and Hugh Lawson
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