Rwanda led the continent in banning the use of plastic bags in 2008. Kenya announced a total ban on the use, manufacture and importation of plastic bags in February following Tanzania in 2016. PHOTO FILE | NATION
By 2050, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish, environmentalists warn.
Every year, 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced and 78 per cent of this is not recycled. Some 8.8 million tonnes leak into the oceans annually, where they pose a threat to some 700 species of marine life.
