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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06 August 2019
17 April 2019
Tanzania to ban single-use plastic bags! [update]
update (16 May 2019): The office of the Vice President of Tanzania has released an official notice to travelers planning to visit Tanzania regarding the ban of plastic carrier bags.
Tanzania is set to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bagsby July 2019 from 01 June 2019. Single-use non-biodegradable plastics have been identified by the United Nations as one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges. Tanzania will join its East African neighbours Rwanda and Kenya, which have already banned single-use plastic bags. Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, implemented a ban of light plastics already back in 2006. Namibia has also banned plastic bags, but only in its game parks and nature reserves!
Tanzania is set to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags
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