Govt officials demand ban on single-use plastics

By Jane Nafula Senior government officials have called for a ban on the production and usage of single-use plastics, including polythene bags with less than 30 microns. Mr Sam Cheptoris, the minister of Water and Environment, said a ban of plastics will guard the country against poor disposal of plastics that continue to have a huge toll on the environment as well as human and animal health. “If you had moved around the out- skirts of Kampala, you would see very many plastic carrier bags which we have been fighting to ban, but the manufacturers have been fighting back with all their mighty,” the minister told delegates who are attending the ongoing meeting at Sheraton Hotel, Kampala to negotiate the […]