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Why carrying a water bottle at the beach could cost you millions

This man was spotted at Gioto dumpsite in Nakuru town on August 27,2017 carrying this huge load of plastic bottles he collected from the dumpsite on August 27,2017.[FILE]

Did you know that carrying single use plastics – including PET water bottles – is against the law?

A presidential directive in 2019, which was then legislated by the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife in 2020, instituted a ban on possession of plastics in protected areas.

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