Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:23:31 +0000 By ALFRED TEMBO CHOLERA which claimed more than 80 lives from over 3,000 recorded cases in Zambia has stirred up a revolutionary campaign to restore sanitation, calling for the banning of plastic bags. Launched nearly a month ago by Benjamin Bush, “Ban Plastic Bags in Zambia” is making its stride through use of social media platforms to lobby government to abolish plastic usage in the country. Owing to poor policy reforms and reluctance by state regulators in environmental administration, Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA), the country has over the years continued to post an increase, in littering of the environment, which is highly attributed to unrestricted wide distribution of plastic bags. An independent survey, revealed that most plastics flooding the Zambian market are imported from countries such as South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania while an additional quantity is supplied by local players in the manufacturing sector. According to a […]
