Using Plastic Bags Is Now Illegal — And Punishable By Jail Time — In Kenya
The East African economic powerhouse is following in the footsteps of its much smaller neighbor Rwanda. Kenya's government says it's good for the environment, but critics say it will hurt the poor.
No matter where you go in Kenya â from the vast expanses of the Great Rift Valley to the white-sand beaches off the Indian Ocean â one thing is a constant: plastic bags.
They hang off trees and collect along curbs. And in Kibera, a sprawling slum in Nairobi, there are so many of them that they form hills.
