The Minister
of State in the Vice President’s Office (Union and Environment), Mussa Azzan
Zungu has said that anyone who will be trapped with banned plastic bags will be
penalized for 30,000 to 200,000 or going to jail for one week.
of State in the Vice President’s Office (Union and Environment), Mussa Azzan
Zungu has said that anyone who will be trapped with banned plastic bags will be
penalized for 30,000 to 200,000 or going to jail for one week.
Minister
Zungu said in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday that the government has stopped the use
of plastic bags since June last year but still majorities are using without
knowing the kind of bags that has been cleared by Tanzania Bureau of Standard
(tbs)
Zungu said in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday that the government has stopped the use
of plastic bags since June last year but still majorities are using without
knowing the kind of bags that has been cleared by Tanzania Bureau of Standard
(tbs)
He said the government
has observed that there are plastic bags imported in the county by deceitful traders and called all Tanzanians
to be worry of those bags.
has observed that there are plastic bags imported in the county by deceitful traders and called all Tanzanians
to be worry of those bags.
“If you will
be trapped with banned plastic bags, your penalty will be 30,000 to 200,000 or going to
jail for two weeks according to the law” Zungu said.
be trapped with banned plastic bags, your penalty will be 30,000 to 200,000 or going to
jail for two weeks according to the law” Zungu said.
Zungu added
that the government is fighting to educate its citizens on the impacts of using
plastic bags especially to the environment.
that the government is fighting to educate its citizens on the impacts of using
plastic bags especially to the environment.
Zungu emphasized
that “I would like to give my thanks to his excellence president John Magufuli,
Vice president and the Prime Minister on supervising this issue since June last
year but we have observed that plastic bags are used in our street, we continue
to educate them”
that “I would like to give my thanks to his excellence president John Magufuli,
Vice president and the Prime Minister on supervising this issue since June last
year but we have observed that plastic bags are used in our street, we continue
to educate them”
