About 400 workers of plastic bag manufacturers in Mombasa have lost their jobs following the nationwide ban. In Mombasa, workers of Mombasa Plastic Manufacturing Company, Rubi Plastics and Soap Plastic Recyclers are now back on the job market. Read: Why not reduce, reuse and recycle plastic carrier bags? Kenya is the latest country in Africa to introduce a ban on plastic bags after Mauritania, which imposed the ban in 2013. More on this: Kenya imposes world's toughest law against plastic bagsAlso see: [VIDEO] Plastic bags ban leaves Kenya's kadogo economy in limbo

Source: The Star September 12, 2017 16:52 UTC