Cows feed on garbage.
Some livestock still had plastics in their gut after the ban on plastics took effect in the country in August 28, 2017, a study by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) shows.
The draft follow-up report on the prevalence of plastic bags in the rumen of slaughtered livestock at Kenya Meat Commission, Dagoreti and Kiserian abattoirs however noted that the plastics in the rumens had declined.
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