Indeed, the influential lobby has already caused the East Africa Legislative Assembly to put on hold a bill meant to ban plastic bags among the 5 members of the governmental organisation. It is time they begun looking beyond plastic bags. The alternatives to plastic bags include kiondos, baskets, cloth bags, sisal bags, cardboards, paper bags from recycled paper and biodegradable bags among others. ALSO READ: Move to ban plastic bags gets backing by NECCWhy don’t the plastic bag manufacturers begin laying the groundwork to exploit this emerging market instead of being fixated on plastic bags? The number of countries that have outlawed plastic bags continues to grow rapidly, with the North African country of Tunisia being the latest to ban.

Source: Standard Digital April 13, 2017 16:52 UTC