Uganda to jail people found using plastic bags
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Kampala - Any person caught using plastic bags in Uganda from early 2010 will be jailed for three years or be fined an equivalent of 1,500 dollars, press reports said Saturday, quoting government environment lawyers. The penalties fall under the country's revised law on the waste management act, which will be put into effect in January by the state-owned National Environment Management Organization (NEMA), The New Vision quoted the organization's lawyer, Christine Akello as saying. Uganda's finance minister announced a ban on the sale or use of plastic bags during the reading of the East African country's national budget on Thursday and ordered all factories manufacturing the plastic bags to wind up business. Discarded plastic bags - too thin to be reused - are a major polluter in many African cities, where they clog up rivers and pile up in mountains. Government further said that taxes of up to 120 per-cent will be levied on imported plastic materials currently on transit into the country.
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Solution? I think Not!
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USA ,
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:26:13 GMT
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This is not a solution to the pollution problem. I've been all over the world and so many places are polluted by "people" not plastic bags. Yes, plastic bags are thrown out and third-world countries are in serious shape. What needs to be done is that poor disposal and cleanliness "habits" need to be curbed - not ban and prosecute people! It's the same argument that "guns" kill people so let's ban them. Seriously folks -
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YAY
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RM ,
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:13:33 GMT
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About bloody time indeed. Now if only the rest of the planet could catch up to this forward thinking group of thinking humans.
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Bahrain
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Booger Eater ,
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:39:06 GMT
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This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
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I agree 100%
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Dan ,
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:54:08 GMT
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I was in Senegal a few years back and the amount of plastic bags I saw EVERYWHERE was unbeleivable!
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Uganda to Jail People Using Plastic Bags
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Andrew Frenette ,
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:45:16 GMT
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It's about time. Plastic bags are horrible. When alternatives such as reusable cloth bags are available for purchase - or can be made cheaply and easily by nearly anyone - why are we still using plastic?
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