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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (Nema), Dr Barirega Akankwasa, has said a Bill that seeks to completely ban the use of polythene bags (buvera) in the country is in the offing.<\/p>\n

The current law (National Environment Act) only bans the use of polythene below 30 microns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current law stops at 30 microns and below, but the President, Cabinet and ministry directed that we completely phase out single-use plastics. So we are taking a Bill to Parliament to revise the law and ban polythene completely,\u201d Dr Akankwasa told Daily Monitor in an interview last week.<\/p>\n

He added that Rwanda and Kenya have completely banned polythene and Uganda is the only country in the East African Community (EAC) still using it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go to Kenya, you will not find any plastic water bottle; all hotels are using glass water bottles,\u201d he said, adding that the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) measures the polythene and confiscates those that are below 30 microns.<\/p>\n

But he said Nema in collaboration with UNBS will soon start operations against banned polythene.<\/p>\n

Dr Akankwasa said polythene is harmful to the ecological system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all aware that when polythene is consumed by animals, especially cows and goats, they die. So why insist on using a commodity which we all know is dangerous?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n

The Kamuli District Environment Officer, Mr Sam Bakaki, called for political will to enforce anti-polythene rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are going to do enforcement, we (politicians and technocrats) should all be speaking the same language; however, politicians are often funded by businessmen who mostly own these factories of polythene bags, hence a challenge in enforcing it,\u201d Mr Bakaki added.<\/p>\n

Dr Akankwasa said Nema has partnered with Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to attract investors who can manufacture alternatives for banned polythene, including paper bags and cloth bags.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us stop using plastics because the dangers are so many; to biodegrade, it will take thousands of years; but we can use alternative bags made of cloth or paper and still live a good life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (Nema), Dr Barirega Akankwasa, has said a Bill that seeks to completely ban the use of polythene bags (buvera) in the country is in the offing. 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