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Kenya bans one-use plastics from beaches and parks


The Kenyan authorities have banned all single-use plastics, these types of as water bottles and straws, from nationwide parks, seashores, forests and other protected areas.

The start out of the ban coincides with Planet Atmosphere Working day and will come a few many years immediately after Kenya introduced one particular of the world’s strictest bans on plastic luggage.

Just before the coronavirus outbreak, Kenya hosted two million travelers a year.

The UN Ecosystem Programme welcomed the ban declaring it confirmed Kenya’s motivation to addressing the worldwide scourge of plastic air pollution.

It estimates a lot more than 8 billion tonnes of plastic have been created globally since the 1950s, and most of it has ended up in landfill or the normal natural environment.

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