Plastic bag

By Aurelia Katheu

Nairobi, Kenya

September 18, 2017 4:10am CST

Things are not the same again in Africa especially in Kenya the government has decided to get rid of plastic bags. You go to a supermarket without a shopping bag and you are given the shopping on your hands. They don't care how much items you have shopped for. Alternatively you buy a shopping bag just outside the shops which is a bit expensive. Suppose one had no extra money for the shopping bag!!! I find this not good at all.

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@resukill22 (25052)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

18 Sep 17

I think you should bring your own shopping bag,

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@resukill22 (25052)

• Las Pinas City, Philippines

18 Sep 17

@singhisback thank you hehe

• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

I agree with you, but they should have introduced an alternative to the plastic bags

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

We will surely adjust to this

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16089)

• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

Yeah. They did very wrong. They removed plastic bags without replacing. I remember last week I was buying pads in Tuskys and they wrapping it in a piece of magazine. I refused, since I had my school bag with me.

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@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Sep 17

I can't believe this! Why don't you bring your own shopping bag now that you know you won't get one at the shop? I congratulate Kenya for doing away with plastic bags.

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16089)

• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

@Akatheu I am so sorry about that. Those bags are not of good quality. But they do not have a choice since the government implemented a rule before allowing people to get replacement first. Nowadays it is better to walk with backpack.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

I went shopping with my hubby last week just to check in my handbag I had not carried my shopping bag. We were give the items on our hands, just to buy a bag outside the supermarket, within a minute the bag tore off and everything was on the floor!!!!

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@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Sep 17

I can't believe this! Why don't you bring your own shopping bag now that you know you won't get one at the shop? I congratulate Kenya for doing away with plastic bags.

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@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Sep 17

@Akatheu If they use paper bags now, then there's no problem for the environment.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

I like the idea but they would have replaced the plastic bags with something else

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• Nairobi, Kenya

21 Sep 17

@MALUSE the plastic bags take years to decompose, so I think banning their use will be better for the environment

@Kosgey (1707)

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18 Sep 17

Thing about environment first before your self, It is a good move by the government. I think it is long overdue

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@Kosgey (1707)

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21 Sep 17

@Akatheu already there is an option.

• Nairobi, Kenya

21 Sep 17

@Kosgey which option apart from buying a shopping bag for yourself

• Nairobi, Kenya

21 Sep 17

We are supporting the law but they did give us an option to the plastic bags

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@Kind4321 (826)

• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

Change is inevitable...I believe this change is good as plastic bags were causing a lot of pollution and hence doing more bad than good.Just carry a shopping bag wherever you go.You will soon adjust.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

Sure this will also make the country look better

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@aureliah (24321)

• Kenya

24 Sep 17

I bought a quality bag that does not leave my handbag nowadays.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

24 Sep 17

@aureliah that's so good. I think I should get one too

• Nairobi, Kenya

24 Sep 17

@aureliah sure. Because if you don't get a bag you will always have to buy a shopping bag wherever you go to shop

@aureliah (24321)

• Kenya

24 Sep 17

@Akatheu Yes you should. It saves you the money and the hassle.

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@youless (112131)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Sep 17

I see that using plastic bags may be punished for some money in Kenya from TV news. Here although the supermarkets will not offer plastic bags for free any more, but you can buy them anyway. I always bring my own cloth bag to go shopping. I want to do something good for the environment.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

We will adapt to the system with time

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@sishy7 (27169)

• Australia

18 Sep 17

They should provide a low cost non plastic bag to buy or free boxes as alternatives...

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

I support this too

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@marlina (154165)

• Canada

18 Sep 17

Don't they have shopping bags that you can buy next to the counter where they run your items? Not that hard to bring a bag.

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

I don't think they have, hawkers are selling the bags outside the shops, so you have to buy one before you get into the shop

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• Nairobi, Kenya

19 Sep 17

@millynyash you carry your dish...hahaaaaaaaa

@millynyash (52)

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18 Sep 17

@Akatheu imagine going to mama kiosk for gorogoro of githeri??????????????hehe where do they pack the cooked githeri!??

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@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

18 Sep 17

In our country only saturdays is no plastic day, so we always bring green bag for shopping

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@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

18 Sep 17

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• Nairobi, Kenya

18 Sep 17

Waoh that sounds better

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@nangayo (2291)

• Nairobi, Kenya

19 Sep 17

I find this the best thing Kenya has done so far. Hygienically the country will be cleaner, shopping will be more organized this is a thing they could have done long long time ago. For me i like it and support it fully. Asante sana.

• Nairobi, Kenya

19 Sep 17

@nangayo sure it's a good move for Kenya