What you need to know about national plastic ban

Just in case you missed it, here is the government's clarification on plastic bags ban: The ban issued by Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources Prof Judi Wakhungu on the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags with effect from August 28, 2017, is in force.

The ban applies to, one, carrier bags with handles and with or without gussets and two, flat bags without handles and with or without gussets.

For greater certainty, the ban does not apply to flat bags used for industrial packaging as long as they are used for industrial primary packaging at source of the product and are not available at the counter or given freely outside the industrial setting.

 Furthermore, the bags must be labelled clearly by the industry manufacturing the product. All those affected by the ban are required to put in place measures to ensure compliance. The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) calls upon the public to support the ban. Prof Geoffrey Wahungu, Director General, Nema.