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World Service,5 mins

How the plastic bag ban has changed Rwanda

The Fifth Floor

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It's nearly a decade since Rwanda became the first African country to ban plastic bags. The ban is taken very seriously, and there are reports of bag smuggling, and even sackings for transgressions. Prudent Nsengiyumva from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa Great Lakes visited recently to see how the ban has changed the country.

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