Review Article
Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries
Table 2
Examples of African countries that have enacted legislation to control the use of plastic bags [
2,
5,
6,
43].
| Country | Year |
| Benin | 2017 | Botswana | 2007 and 2017 (ban reinstated) | Burkina Faso | 2014 | Cameroon | 2014 | Cape Verde | 2016 | Chad | 2005 | Cote d’Ivoire | 2014 | Djibouti | 2016 | Egypt | 2017 | Eritrea | 2005 | Ethiopia | 2016 | Gabon | 2010 | Gambia | 2015 | Ghana | 2015 | Guinea-bissau | 2016 | Kenya | 2007, 2011 and 2017 (ban reinstated) | Madagascar | 2015 | Malawi | 2015 | Mali | 2013 | Mauritania | 2013 | Mauritius | 2016 | Morocco | 2015 | Mozambique | 2016 | Niger | 2014 | Nigeria | 2014 | Republic of the Congo | 2012 | Rwanda | 2004 and 2008 (ban reinstated) | Senegal | 2015 | Somalia | 2005 and 2015 (ban reinstated) | South Africa | 2004 (levy) | Tanzania | 2006 | Togo | 2014 | Tunisia | 2017 | Uganda | 2007 | Zimbabwe | 2010 |
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