{"id":6211,"date":"2019-10-29T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:38","slug":"businesses-turn-to-recycling-after-ban-on-single-use-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/29\/businesses-turn-to-recycling-after-ban-on-single-use-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses Turn To Recycling After Ban On Single-Use Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Brendah Barungi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAST MONTH, importers and\nretailers were given an ultimatum of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/news\/dealers-single-use-plastics-given-three-month-ultimatum\">three\nmonths<\/a>&nbsp;to stop trading or using single-use plastic materials as the\ncountry accelerates efforts to protect the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manufactures, on the other\nhand, have up to two years to phase-out production of single-use plastic\nmaterials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Ministry of\nEnvironment, the banned plastics include single-use containers, takeaway\ndisposable food wrappers, disposable cutlery, single-use plastic cups and\nplates, straws, stirrers, balloons, plastic folders and plastic carry bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has stressed that most single-use plastics have alternatives and those that do not have any will be given waivers\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/news\/businesses-turn-recycling-after-ban-single-use-plastics\">Read more>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brendah Barungi LAST MONTH, importers and retailers were given an ultimatum of&nbsp;three months&nbsp;to stop trading or using single-use plastic materials as the country accelerates efforts to protect the environment.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6212,"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-6211","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\/6211","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=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}