Plastic bag

@Akatheu (387)
Nairobi, Kenya
September 18, 2017 4:10am CST
Things are not the same again in Africa especially in Kenya the government has decided to get rid of plastic bags. You go to a supermarket without a shopping bag and you are given the shopping on your hands. They don't care how much items you have shopped for. Alternatively you buy a shopping bag just outside the shops which is a bit expensive. Suppose one had no extra money for the shopping bag!!! I find this not good at all.
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10 responses
Merryjoy
@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
18 Sep 17
I think you should bring your own shopping bag,
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Merryjoy
@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
18 Sep 17
@singhisback thank you hehe
Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
I agree with you, but they should have introduced an alternative to the plastic bags
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
We will surely adjust to this
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Mildred Tabitha
@mildredtabitha (16126)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
Yeah. They did very wrong. They removed plastic bags without replacing. I remember last week I was buying pads in Tuskys and they wrapping it in a piece of magazine. I refused, since I had my school bag with me.
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
I went shopping with my hubby last week just to check in my handbag I had not carried my shopping bag. We were give the items on our hands, just to buy a bag outside the supermarket, within a minute the bag tore off and everything was on the floor!!!!
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Mildred Tabitha
@mildredtabitha (16126)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
@Akatheu I am so sorry about that. Those bags are not of good quality. But they do not have a choice since the government implemented a rule before allowing people to get replacement first. Nowadays it is better to walk with backpack.
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Mildred Tabitha
@mildredtabitha (16126)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
@MALUSE I always carry a backpack when going to school. So that day I wads lucky I had my bag. I carried it in my bag. I did not want them to wrap in magazine since I had a bag :)
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
18 Sep 17
Don't they have shopping bags that you can buy next to the counter where they run your items? Not that hard to bring a bag.
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
I don't think they have, hawkers are selling the bags outside the shops, so you have to buy one before you get into the shop
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 17
@millynyash you carry your dish...hahaaaaaaaa
milkah michira
@millynyash (52)
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18 Sep 17
@Akatheu imagine going to mama kiosk for gorogoro of githeri??????????????hehe where do they pack the cooked githeri!??
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Bush Stan
@Kosgey (1706)
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18 Sep 17
Thing about environment first before your self, It is a good move by the government. I think it is long overdue
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Bush Stan
@Kosgey (1706)
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21 Sep 17
@Akatheu already there is an option.
Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Sep 17
@Kosgey which option apart from buying a shopping bag for yourself
Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Sep 17
We are supporting the law but they did give us an option to the plastic bags
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Nancy_Nikki
@Kind4321 (826)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
Change is inevitable...I believe this change is good as plastic bags were causing a lot of pollution and hence doing more bad than good.Just carry a shopping bag wherever you go.You will soon adjust.
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
Sure this will also make the country look better
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
24 Sep 17
I bought a quality bag that does not leave my handbag nowadays.
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Sep 17
@aureliah that's so good. I think I should get one too
Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Sep 17
@aureliah sure. Because if you don't get a bag you will always have to buy a shopping bag wherever you go to shop
The Fly One
@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
24 Sep 17
@Akatheu Yes you should. It saves you the money and the hassle.
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youless
@youless (112497)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Sep 17
I see that using plastic bags may be punished for some money in Kenya from TV news. Here although the supermarkets will not offer plastic bags for free any more, but you can buy them anyway. I always bring my own cloth bag to go shopping. I want to do something good for the environment.
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
We will adapt to the system with time
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
18 Sep 17
They should provide a low cost non plastic bag to buy or free boxes as alternatives...
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
I support this too
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
18 Sep 17
In our country only saturdays is no plastic day, so we always bring green bag for shopping
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
18 Sep 17
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Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
Waoh that sounds better
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JOSEPHINE
@nangayo (2290)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 17
I find this the best thing Kenya has done so far. Hygienically the country will be cleaner, shopping will be more organized this is a thing they could have done long long time ago. For me i like it and support it fully. Asante sana.
Aurelia Katheu
@Akatheu (387)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 17
@nangayo sure it's a good move for Kenya