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Pipeline residents in Nairobi use nylon despite plastic ban

Pipeline Estate; residents use paper bags to cover their clothes from dust and water from clothes on the upper floors

NAIROBI, KENYA: Though the Government banned plastics a few months ago, residents of Pipeline are not about to let go of them.

Plastics come in handy to those living in flats whenever they air their clothes out to dry. They use plastic covers to protect their clothes from dust or water dripping from the upper floors.

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