Uganda: Dear Plastic... Is It Over... Signed Uganda

Uganda: Dear Plastic... Is It Over... Signed Uganda

Once upon a dusty Saturday in Kampala, a Fuso truck rumbles past, stacked high with buveera (plastic paper bags), water containers, soda bottles, and jerry cans.

Toxic. Clingy. Everywhere: Uganda Needs To Break Up With Plastic » Business Focus

By Sarah Musumba Once upon a dusty Saturday in Kampala, a Fuso truck rumbles past, stacked high with buveera (plastic paper bags), water containers, soda bottles, and jerry cans. Now imagine 120 of those rolling in every single day, not with goods, but with waste. That’s Uganda’s plastic problem in motion. According to (National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda generates 600 metric tonnes of plastic daily, which is over 219,000 to…

Sarah Musumba: Dear Plastic….It’s Over, Signed Uganda

Toxic. Clingy. Everywhere. Uganda Needs to break up with Plastic! Once upon a dusty Saturday in Kampala, a Fuso truck rumbles past, stacked high with buveera (plastic paper bags), water containers, soda bottles, and jerry cans. Now imagine 120 of those rolling in every single day, not with goods, but with waste. That’s Uganda’s plastic problem in motion. According to (National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda generates 600 metric …

DEAR PLASTIC…IT’S OVER — Signed UGANDA

Plastic does not just disappear on its own. It sticks around for up to 500 years. Toxic. Clingy. Everywhere. Uganda needs to break up with plastic! COMMENT | Sarah Musumba | Once upon a dusty Saturday in Kampala, a Fuso truck rumbles past, stacked high with buveera (plastic paper bags), water containers, soda bottles, and jerry cans. Now imagine 120 of those rolling in every single day, not with goods, but with waste. That’s Uganda’s plastic pro…