Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries

Table 2

Examples of African countries that have enacted legislation to control the use of plastic bags [2, 5, 6, 43].

Country	Year
Benin	2017
Botswana	2007 and 2017 (ban reinstated)
Burkina Faso	2014
Cameroon	2014
Cape Verde	2016
Chad	2005
Cote d’Ivoire	2014
Djibouti	2016
Egypt	2017
Eritrea	2005
Ethiopia	2016
Gabon	2010
Gambia	2015
Ghana	2015
Guinea-bissau	2016
Kenya	2007, 2011 and 2017 (ban reinstated)
Madagascar	2015
Malawi	2015
Mali	2013
Mauritania	2013
Mauritius	2016
Morocco	2015
Mozambique	2016
Niger	2014
Nigeria	2014
Republic of the Congo	2012
Rwanda	2004 and 2008 (ban reinstated)
Senegal	2015
Somalia	2005 and 2015 (ban reinstated)
South Africa	2004 (levy)
Tanzania	2006
Togo	2014
Tunisia	2017
Uganda	2007
Zimbabwe	2010