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Ban on plastic bags starts

Plastic bags in a garbage heap. Plastic bags are classified as an environmental hazard. [Photo:Caroline Chebet, Standard]

No more permits will be issued to companies that manufacture plastic paper bags.

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has also announced that the existing licences will be cancelled.

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