Showing posts with label plastic ban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plastic ban. Show all posts
25 October 2019
Rwanda to ban single-use plastics!
The Government of Rwanda is set to ban the manufacture, importation, use and sale of single-use plastic items, such as plastic packaging materials for food and other products, plastic bags, cups, straws and coffee stirrers. It has granted a three-month grace period to importers and retailers of single-use plastic items to phase them out before starting to penalise them, while manufacturers have been given a two-year grace period. According to Vincent Biruta, Rwanda's Minister for Environment, single-use plastic bottles are not affected by the ban. Rwanda banned imports of polythene bags already in 2008. We'll keep you posted!
06 August 2019
Malawi bans thin plastic bags!
Malawi has reinstated a ban on thin plastics, including thin plastic bags. The government imposed the ban on thin plastic in 2015, but the move was overturned by Malawi's highest court after a number of plastic manufacturers in the in the southern-east African nation obtained an injunction. Now the Supreme Court of Malawi dismissed the appeal, so that with immediate effect the production of thin plastics under 60 microns in thickness in Malawi is illegal again. Companies who violate the ban face fines and the closure of their factories.
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