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Living Planet: Kenya vs. plastic bags

August 30, 2018

About one year ago, Kenya introduced one of the toughest plastic bans on the planet: People producing, selling or even using plastic bags now risk being jailed — or face fines of up to tens of thousands of US dollars! Plastic bags used to be very popular at markets, where they were given out for free. So what's the situation like now, one year after the ban was introduced?

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