Banning Plastic Benefits

Changes don't come easy sometimes, but they are necessary.

Especially in our business, the tourism, we are a role model to many and the reflection on our country.

We have the most beautiful parks, unique and endangered animals and landmarks which are not seen anywhere else in the world.

Alone in 2018 the numbers of tourist coming to Tanzania has risen up to 1,5 m.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/28/c_138263469.htm

Tanzania has implemented a plastics bag ban on 1 June, joining many other African countries in attempts to tackle plastic pollution.

All plastic bags, regardless of thickness, will be prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, stored, or supplied for use in Tanzania.

Uganda is the only country left in the EAC without an effective ban despite policy having been proposed in 2009, in 2015 and in 2018. Each time, however, strong business opposition and a weak and divided Ugandan Parliament reduced the power of the bill

“The only market for [polyethylene (PE) films] in east Africa is Uganda. I don't think there is any other possibility,” said a Kenya based trader.

“All the high density polyethylene [HDPE] and linear low density polyethylene [LLDPE] volumes will go down [after the Tanzanian ban comes into force]. It will have a huge impact.

What we do

Where to start and where to end?

- We are providing our guests bottles they can reuse and refill in our Landcruiser 4x4 vehicles going on safari.Therefore we are not buying plastic bottles anymore.

- Our lunch boxes we are giving out in our restaurant and cooking school, are made from recycled material and others are being reused.

- We have a collection point in Mto wa Mbu, where we get all the plastivs to recyle and bring it back into the circle.(#recycle #dream #summer #plastic #plasticban #change #environment #milimaniparkproject)