BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS:

…where do we stand now?IN 2011 Zambia moved to ban the single use plastic bags through the then Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection. This was in line with section 58 of the Environmental Management Act No 12 of 2011.Since then what has been done to enforce this law?  As far as I’m concerned the simple answer is “very little.”  What we have seen much of is that retailers are now selling the bags and nothing much else is being done to curb the use of plastic bags which continues to wreck the environment.Manufacturers of beverages have also continued to serve their products in plastic bottles with no plan to make them recyclable.  The question is, what are we doing as a society to curb this nuisance of plastic pollution?  These non-degradable plastics are a nuisance on the environment, clogging the drainage systems and causing floods in our cities and townships.   Something needs to […]