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Uganda: Ban On 'Buveera' Can Be Enforced
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New Vision (Kampala)
OPINION
2 July 2008
Posted to the web 3 July 2008
New Vision's Editor
Kampala
Polythene bags (buveera) and other plastics are a major cause of environmental degradation.
Last year, the Government passed a law banning the use of buveera that are below 30 microns. However, this law has not been effectively enforced. As a result, buveera have continued to be littered.
Local leaders have a duty to manage garbage in their localities. Buveera constitute the most dangerous component of garbage because while other garbage rots easily, they do not, and can survive in the ground for years.
Buveera must be separated from other garbage. Many times, local leaders claim they do not have the capacity to collect the plastics separately. This is why stakeholders, private bodies and the public have to come in and assist the local governments to deal with buveera.
The best way to deal with buveera is to recycle them. Currently, their recycling is being done by groups such as Spa-packaging in Industrial Area, Kampala.
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LCs should be empowered with facilities to separate buveera from the other garbage. The local government should only contract garbage collectors who can separate buveera from other garbage and the Government should also effectively enforce the ban on buveera.
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