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by Yvonne Wabai | 29-05-2019 03:50
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Plastic bags will be illegal in Tanzania from June 2019. The new laws put fines and jail terms for anyone who imports, exports, manufactures, sells, stores, distributes, supplies, and uses plastic bags and plastic wrappings of any thickness. Plastic bags are a big contributor to pollution and Tanzania joins the 60 countries who have measures banning and controlling plastic bags. As of 2018, about 380 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide each year. From the 1950s up to 2018, an estimated 6.3 billion tons of plastic has been produced worldwide. An estimated 9% of this waste has been recycled and another 12% has been incinerated. The rest of the waste ends up in landfills and waterways, contaminating the soil and water bodies. These plastics are non-biodegradable. Bangladesh was the first country to introduce a total ban on plastics which it did in 2002. Since then, China, Israel, South Africa, Netherlands, Morocco, Kenya, Rwanda, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Albania and Georgia have since implemented similar bans. Kenya was particularly lauded for imposing the world harshest plastic bag ban in the world where punishment for carrying plastics bags includes heavy penalties and jail terms and manufacturing and importing plastic bags attract penalties ranging between $19,000 and $38,000 and jail terms of up to 4 years. |
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8 Comments
Hello Yvoone
Thank you for your report about plastic bags being banned in Tanzania. Together we can beat plastic pollution
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 17-06-2019 05:05
Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for writing this report. It is great to hear that it is illegal to have plastic bags in Tanzania and in Bangladesh. Plastic bags are especially troublesome because it has massive impact on environment, and it takes a long time to decompose. Plastic bags should be banned as soon as possible globally so as to protect our beautiful environment. Let's all participate in banning plastics bags in our country. Good work.
Louis Mentor
Posted 31-05-2019 23:41
Hello Yvonne
Thank you for letting us know about the ban on plastic bags in Tanzania. Yes, plastic, especially plastic bags have been the biggest culprit of soil and water pollution. As most kinds of plastics are non- biodegradable, they have been piled up in landfills or abandoned in the ocean, subsequently harming marine animals as well. I think this is a great initiative from the government to ban the plastics and start stringent regulations. Thanks for sharing your report and keep up the good work!
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 31-05-2019 10:38
Thanks for the great news to ban plastics bags.
Posted 31-05-2019 03:43
Hi Yvonne,
I hope you are well.
I would like to congratulate Tanzania for putting forth a ban on plastics! It, like many other countires, are setting an example for the other countries to put an end to plastic pollution. Yes, it is disappointing to note that only a small percentage of plastic is recycled, and that the mass difference is left to litter our streets, oceans and other ecosystems.
I hope with this light of good news, the crack down of plastic pollution with strengthen AND persevere.
Thank you for reporting such a well written and giving us the good news Yvonne!
Sincerely yours,
Rosa
Posted 30-05-2019 17:41
Hello Yvonne
Good to hear about ban of plastic bags there in Tanzania.
I hope other nations also adopt it like Bangladesh, China and many others.
Thank you so much for this wonderful report.
Green cheers!
Posted 30-05-2019 14:00
Greetings Yvonne,
We hope that the ban on plastic bags in will help mitigate the pollution in Tanzania.
Other countries should consider implementing this law because plastic pollution issue is shared by almost all countries on Earth.
Thank you for updating our members on this matter.
Sincerely,
Eco Generation
Posted 29-05-2019 09:00
Hi Yvonne,
Thanks for sharing this great news. I agree all countries shall take this decision as soon as possible. As you have mentioned in your report, we also implemented legislative changes here in Georgia.
Good luck and keep up writing good reports.
Cheers from Tbilisi, Georgia
Saba
Posted 29-05-2019 04:06