Ban on polythene bags opens doors for new entrepreneurs

Kerio Women Bags, an alternative for plastic bags which are now banned in the country. PHOTO | BARNABAS BII | NMG

The ban on plastic bags has bred a new crop of entrepreneurs around the country. Shoppers are slowly adjusting to life without the plastic bags with traders swapping plastics for cartons, paper bags and envelopes.

After the ban, the Kenya Bureau of Standards Quality Assurance and Inspection Director Eric Chesire named biodegradable materials that include canvas, polypropylene and cloth as alternatives and said they are now available in the market.

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