Kenya battles plastics threat as UN unveils reduction plan

Benjamin Von Wong, a visual artist who designed the Art Installation showing plastic pollution at UNEP, Gigiri, with his nephew at a landfill. [Courtesy, Von Wong]

Kenya grabbed headlines in 2017 when it banned single-use plastic bags. This was celebrated as one of the sternest in the world.

The move was preceded by the country's decision to sign the Clean Seas Initiative, making it one of the first African nations to commit to limiting plastic in its waterways.