Tanzania has announced that it will ban single-use plastic bags by July 1. Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan and Burundi have already banned them. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Tanzanian has announced that it will ban single-use polythene bags from June in the war against plastic pollution.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament in Dodoma this week that polythene bags will no longer be used for commercial purposes or household packaging, and warned producers and suppliers to dispose of their stocks.
