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Reprive for industries as NEMA announces excemption from plastic bags ban

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has granted sections of plastic bag manufacturers and users reprieve a week to the implementation of the plastic bags ban that was to take effect on Monday next week.

NEMA has announced that plastic bags used in the primary industrial packaging shall be exempted from the ban as long as they are not sold or distributed for free away from the industries producing the items they pack.

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