Why African countries need to ban polythene bags
Editor,Recently, I had a chance to visit several African countries in East and Central Africa and discovered that most of them do not have clear mechanisms to fight the polythene bags menace, which is a worrying trend.Recent research has shown that plastic bags are deadly since they take long to biodegrade which makes them a hazard to agriculture and our environment.
Rwanda has succeded in banning polythene bags. The New Times / File