By PAULINE KAIRUMore by this AuthorIt looks, feels and has all the characteristics of a polythene bag except it is biodegradable. Unlike the plastic bag whose ban will come into effect on August 28, this one is derived from biological substances rather than from petroleum. It has been an exciting concept to most Kenyans visiting an ongoing exhibition on eco-friendly alternatives to polythene bags at KICC. “They are made purely 100 per cent of bio-based material,” Mr Kwasi Donkoh, CEO of E-power Eco-Systems Initiative, a dealer marketing the bioplastic bags made from cassava and vegetable oil and another from corn starch, said. Related Content Plastic makers fail to suspend banNational Environment Management Authority Director-General Geoffrey Wahungu said Kenya is not ready for the biodegradable bags because of their resemblance to the traditional polythene bags, which may give room for counterfeiting.

Source: Daily Nation August 25, 2017 18:33 UTC