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Manufacturers turn PRO as US bulldozes Kenya over plastics
In August this year, Kenyans and conservationists everywhere were up in arms after it emerged that the US was arm-twisting Kenya to rescind its tough stance on plastics.
The decision was by the American Chemistry Council which has lobbied the US government during the Covid-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s footprint across Africa.
According to Greenpeace, documents obtained by Unearthed, it’s investigative journalism platform, show that the same lobby group, which counts Shell, Exxon, and Total among its members, also lobbied against changes to the international Basel Convention, which put new limits on plastic waste entering low and middle-income countries.
Read: KAM, CGK partner to manage post-consumer plastic waste in Kenya
Already, 34 out of 54 countries have adopted some form of regulation to phase out single-use plastic.
Plastic waste management in Kenya
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