肯亞實行最嚴限塑令 使用塑料袋可判4年監禁

Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from last Monday, as the world's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.

東非國家肯亞自上週一起開始實施全球最嚴厲的旨在減少塑料汙染的法律，生產、銷售乃至使用塑料袋的肯亞人都可能被處以最高4年監禁或4萬美元的罰款。

The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy.

肯亞由此加入到其他40多個出臺了禁塑令、限塑令或對一次性塑料袋徵稅的國家的行列中，這些國家包括中國、法國、盧安達和義大利。

Kenya's law allows police to go after anyone even carrying a plastic bag.

根據肯亞的這項法律，警察甚至有權追捕拿著塑料袋的人。

But Judy Wakhungu, Kenya's environment minister, said enforcement would initially be directed at manufacturers and suppliers. "Ordinary wananchi will not be harmed," she said.

但肯亞環境部部長朱迪·瓦克洪古稱，該法首先將針對生產商和供應商執行。她表示：“普通民眾不會受到牽連。”

Big supermarket chains like France's Carrefour and homegrown retailer Nakumatt have already started offering customers cloth bags as alternatives.

大型連鎖超市，如法國家樂福和肯亞本土零售商納庫馬特，已經開始向顧客提供布袋作為塑料袋的替代品。

The environment agency said it would send out its inspectors and environment police to inspect whether manufacturers and citizens had complied with the ban.

肯亞環境局表示，他們將派出巡視員和環保警力，來視察生產商和當地公民是否遵守了該禁令。