Polythene Paper Bag Ban

[Antonio_Mascaro]

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Any sensible head will be for the total and complete ban of polythene paper bag use in Kenya. Reducing the gauge like they tried before won’t help anything. These things clog sewer lines, Rivers, they fill dumpsites, roadsides…and they don’t go away easy. Polythene paper-bags just have to go.

Then some will say it will reduce our industrial capacity and kill businesses and jobs. But in reality, it will transfer an economic activity from rich industrialists who spend their money in Mauritius and Seychelles, to the small businesses run by Kyondo weaving mamas in the hood, those who knit bags…and the more enterprising ones will even employ more people than these industries run by foreigners around here. Any mind fast enough with ideas will find a way to exploit the situation that succeeds the ban. There will be so many alternatives you will be wondering why we didn’t think of banning these stuff earlier.
I would want to see Uhunye bulldoze this into effect. A total ban on those paper-bags.

And who doesn’t anticipate the revival of Webuye Paper Mills if we are to go back to this, if you remember it :
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[Okwonkwo]

kwa wale walisoma chemistry, is there another way of getting paper from other sources apart from trees? kuchanganya hydrocarbons hivi?

[Afro]

Naona kama nitaitisha inheritance nipande miti on the land. Ni spices gani hupendwa sana na paper mills?

[Ruffneck]

Ukiacha polythene bags, itabidi utumie paper bags. The only sensible solution imebaki ni recycling. Someone needs to start a factory for recycling both polythene and paper bags. A serious ones, not the small-scale idea that was started ages ago to recycle paper and reproduce it as tissue paper.

[tombayeye]

@Antonio Mascaro

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Any sensible head will be for the total and complete ban of polythene paper bag use in Kenya. Reducing the gauge like they tried before won’t help anything. These things clog sewer lines, Rivers, they fill dumpsites, roadsides…and they don’t go away easy. Polythene paper-bags just have to go.

Then some will say it will reduce our industrial capacity and kill businesses and jobs. But in reality, it will transfer an economic activity from rich industrialists who spend their money in Mauritius and Seychelles, to the small businesses run by Kyondo weaving mamas in the hood, those who knit bags…and the more enterprising ones will even employ more people than these industries run by foreigners around here. Any mind fast enough with ideas will find a way to exploit the situation that succeeds the ban. There will be so many alternatives you will be wondering why we didn’t think of banning these stuff earlier.
I would want to see Uhunye bulldoze this into effect. A total ban on those paper-bags.

And who doesn’t anticipate the revival of Webuye Paper Mills if we are to go back to this, if you remember it :
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pale woolworths kabla upuuzi ya nakumatt

[Antonio_Mascaro]

@Ruffneck

Ukiacha polythene bags, itabidi utumie paper bags. The only sensible solution imebaki ni recycling. Someone needs to start a factory for recycling both polythene and paper bags. A serious ones, not the small-scale idea that was started ages ago to recycle paper and reproduce it as tissue paper.

Uzuri wa paper bags zinaoza so hazifungi ma-sewer line, mito and such, alafu si lazima zichomwe kama polythene. Pia ni chakula ya mchwa

[tombayeye]

@Antonio Mascaro

Uzuri wa paper bags zinaoza so hazifungi ma-sewer line, mito and such, alafu si lazima zichomwe kama polythene. Pia ni chakula ya mchwa

na cover za vitabu za tunyangarika twangu:D:D:D:D:D

[Antonio_Mascaro]

@Tom Bayeye

na cover za vitabu za tunyangarika twangu:D:D:D:D:D

:D:DTrue story. na Kuwasha Jiko

[Okwonkwo]

@Ruffneck

Ukiacha polythene bags, itabidi utumie paper bags. The only sensible solution imebaki ni recycling. Someone needs to start a factory for recycling both polythene and paper bags. A serious ones, not the small-scale idea that was started ages ago to recycle paper and reproduce it as tissue paper.

after googling around, found out there are other sources of paper apart from recycling, though not widely used:

Can’t see the forests because all the trees are being cut down to make paper? Then you’ll be happy to learn that a growing number of companies are producing “tree-free” paper alternatives. Here are some ingredients to look for the next time you buy stationery, envelopes, notepads, or folders:

[ul]
[li]Post-Consumer Waste. “Post-consumer waste” is the paper you throw out or recycle. Buying paper made from a high percentage of post-consumer waste helps reduce the number of trees needed to make paper “from scratch.” It also saves energy and keeps paper out of the landfill. [/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Hemp. Hemp produces its own natural pesticide, and grows so quickly it produces twice as much fiber per acre as pine. Hemp was originally banned in the United States because it comes from the same botanical species as marijuana (even though it cannot be smoked). Paper, clothing, and other materials made from hemp are increasingly available from many manufacturers in the U.S.; hemp continues to be grown in several countries around the world.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Kenaf. Kenaf, a cousin to the cotton plant, uses 15-25% less energy than pine to make pulp. [/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Bamboo. This fast-growing grass produces 4 to 5 times the fiber of the fastest-growing commercial tree species. [/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Agri-Pulp. Agri-pulp combines agricultural waste along with post-consumer waste to make paper. [/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Cotton. Another new paper option is made from organically grown cotton that grows in several colors, including green, brown, and white.[/li][/ul]
http://www.earthshare.org/2008/09/stop-the-paper.html

[Wepukhulu]

@Antonio Mascaro

Uzuri wa paper bags zinaoza so hazifungi ma-sewer line, mito and such, alafu si lazima zichomwe kama polythene. Pia ni chakula ya mchwa

Paper bag ni gani tena?

[tombayeye]

@Antonio Mascaro

:D:DTrue story. na Kuwasha Jiko

naona wewe si wa juzi:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Antonio_Mascaro]

@Wepukhulu

Paper bag ni gani tena?

Pole sikuspecify. Kuna polythene paperbag na kuna hio paperbag from tree paper. acha ntafute jina

[Ruffneck]

@Okwonkwo

after googling around, found out there are other sources of paper apart from recycling, though not widely used:

Can’t see the forests because all the trees are being cut down to make paper? Then you’ll be happy to learn that a growing number of companies are producing “tree-free” paper alternatives. Here are some ingredients to look for the next time you buy stationery, envelopes, notepads, or folders:

[ul]
[li]Post-Consumer Waste. “Post-consumer waste” is the paper you throw out or recycle. Buying paper made from a high percentage of post-consumer waste helps reduce the number of trees needed to make paper “from scratch.” It also saves energy and keeps paper out of the landfill.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Hemp. Hemp produces its own natural pesticide, and grows so quickly it produces twice as much fiber per acre as pine. Hemp was originally banned in the United States because it comes from the same botanical species as marijuana (even though it cannot be smoked). Paper, clothing, and other materials made from hemp are increasingly available from many manufacturers in the U.S.; hemp continues to be grown in several countries around the world.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Kenaf. Kenaf, a cousin to the cotton plant, uses 15-25% less energy than pine to make pulp.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Bamboo. This fast-growing grass produces 4 to 5 times the fiber of the fastest-growing commercial tree species.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Agri-Pulp. Agri-pulp combines agricultural waste along with post-consumer waste to make paper.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Cotton. Another new paper option is made from organically grown cotton that grows in several colors, including green, brown, and white.[/li][/ul]
http://www.earthshare.org/2008/09/stop-the-paper.html

thanks for the info sir

[Antonio_Mascaro]

@Tom Bayeye

naona wewe si wa juzi:D:D:D:D:D:D

Chumvi nimelamba buda

[Antonio_Mascaro]

@Okwonkwo

after googling around, found out there are other sources of paper apart from recycling, though not widely used:

Can’t see the forests because all the trees are being cut down to make paper? Then you’ll be happy to learn that a growing number of companies are producing “tree-free” paper alternatives. Here are some ingredients to look for the next time you buy stationery, envelopes, notepads, or folders:

[ul]
[li]Post-Consumer Waste. “Post-consumer waste” is the paper you throw out or recycle. Buying paper made from a high percentage of post-consumer waste helps reduce the number of trees needed to make paper “from scratch.” It also saves energy and keeps paper out of the landfill.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Hemp. Hemp produces its own natural pesticide, and grows so quickly it produces twice as much fiber per acre as pine. Hemp was originally banned in the United States because it comes from the same botanical species as marijuana (even though it cannot be smoked). Paper, clothing, and other materials made from hemp are increasingly available from many manufacturers in the U.S.; hemp continues to be grown in several countries around the world.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Kenaf. Kenaf, a cousin to the cotton plant, uses 15-25% less energy than pine to make pulp.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Bamboo. This fast-growing grass produces 4 to 5 times the fiber of the fastest-growing commercial tree species.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Agri-Pulp. Agri-pulp combines agricultural waste along with post-consumer waste to make paper.[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]Cotton. Another new paper option is made from organically grown cotton that grows in several colors, including green, brown, and white.[/li][/ul]
http://www.earthshare.org/2008/09/stop-the-paper.html

Hemp. I think I like hemp already.

[spear]

This ban is long overdo, Rwanda did it and their industry adjusted. However Kenyans record of resisting change will be our undoing.