Collaboration Between Vice-President's Office and Ministry of Industry for Plastic Waste Management

TLDR

• Tanzania banned the importation, production, distribution, sale and use of plastic carrier bags in 2019 through Government Notice No. 394 of 2019.
• In 2022, the government expanded the restrictions by banning plastic seals used on caps of bottled water and other beverages under Government Notice No. 291 of 2022.
• According to a five-year assessment covering 2019 to 2025, the government has achieved significant success in halting the production, importation, distribution and use of the three main categories of plastic bags that.
• Minister of State in the Vice-President’s Office (Union and Environment), Engineer Hamad Yussuf Masauni, issued the reminder during a stakeholders’ meeting on plastic waste control held in Dar es Salaam.
• The minister said the Vice-President’s Office and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have strengthened their collaboration to ensure effective implementation of the policy while balancing environmental protection with.