{Ghana\u2019s President is proposing to go Rwanda way by banning use of plastic bags if producers fail to properly manage plastic waste.}<\/p>\n
Mr John Dramani Mahama warned this while addressing members of the El-Wak Keep Fit Club in Accra last Saturday after a health walk to mark Republic Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has become such a pernicious pollutant. If producers of plastics don\u2019t do something about it, then we may have to go the Rwanda way. In Rwanda, plastics are banned; nobody uses plastics and yet they are surviving,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
In 2008, Rwanda outlawed the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags. <\/p>\n
While the law prohibited the manufacture, use, importation and sale of plastic bags, it also carried a one-year sentence and huge fines for offenders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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