Uganda: Museveni Bans Polythene Bags

Kampala/Mbale — President Museveni yesterday ordered 45 plastic manufacturers in the country to stop making polythene bags or kaveera, reviving a shelved government ban on the environmentally hazardous product.

"My message to the plastics industry is that you should manufacture, distribute and sell only permitted quality plastics. The continued manufacture of banned products must stop," the President said in a speech read on his behalf by Water and Environment minister Sam Cheptoris yesterday.

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