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How Made-In-China Plastics Are Choking Zimbabwe

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 17, 2025

Streets in Harare are strewn with plastic waste, despite Zimbabwe’s efforts to address the problem. In January, the government introduced a 20% tax on plastic bags. However, companies — most of them Chinese — continue to sidestep this tax and other plastic regulations. LINDA MUJURU/GPJ ZIMBABWE

Piles of Chinese-made plastics are now an inescapable part of Zimbabwe’s landscape, and corruption is making it impossible to clean up the mess.

Tags china, environmental impact, human food chain, law enforcement, microplastics, plastic bags, plastic pollution in zimbabwe, pollution, pollution crisis, recycling, tax evasion, zimbabwe

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