Kenya outlawed single-use plastic bags in 2017, but the country is still chocking on PET plastic bottles.
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Kenya outlawed single-use plastic bags in 2017, but the country is still chocking on PET plastic bottles.
![A woman separates plastic bottles at the Dandora landfill on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya [Al Jazeera: Courtesy of Pauline Mpungu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DSC_8039.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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