Uganda plans new campaign to deal with plastic waste, conserve environment

Plastic

New evidence of rising lake water levels is based on the predicted change in rainfall patterns due to climate change. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Uganda is embarking on a 10-year environmental restoration programme that will include a ban on polythene bags and a range of plastics.

According to the Junior Minister for Environment Beatrice Anywar, the ban is one of the measures the Cabinet has passed as it gets down to fixing the mess that is environment conservation even as environmentalists argue there is still no political will to see them through.