A child with a plastic bottle seated at the top of a heap of garbage at Gioto dumpsite. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
A child with a plastic bottle seated at the top of a heap of garbage at Gioto dumpsite. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Talk of ending single-use plastics and addressing plastic waste has become a melody almost every Kenyan is conversant with. The urgency of finding a lasting solution to plastic waste motivated policy approaches to reduce or eliminate them. The most memorable policy instrument was Kenya's ban on single-use plastic bags in 2017.