{"id":2922,"date":"2019-06-06T07:41:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T07:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta-bans-single-use-plastic-products-in-parks-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/06\/uhuru-kenyatta-bans-single-use-plastic-products-in-parks-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Kenyatta Bans Single-Use Plastic Products In Parks, Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By IBRAHIM ORUKO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Uhuru Kenyatta has\nbanned the usage of single-use plastic products in all protected areas as Kenya\nseeks to curb plastics hazard, just two years after the country banned the use\nof polythene carrier bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors to national parks,\nbeaches, forests and conservation areas will not be allowed to carry disposable\nplates, cups, straws, spoons, forks and water bottles, which are considered\nmajor environmental pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban announced in Canada where the President addressed the opening plenary of Day 3 of the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, will take effect on June 5, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/news\/Kenya-bans-single-use-plastic-products-in-parks\/1056-5146594-p59agz\/index.html\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/solving-the-plastic-pollution-crisis-responsibility-of-the-manufacturer\/\">Related\narticle ; Solving the Plastic Solution Crisis\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By IBRAHIM ORUKO President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned the usage of single-use plastic products in all protected areas as Kenya seeks to curb plastics hazard, just two years after the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}