Nigeria - 2018 - Environment and Climate Change

Lead debate on Plastic Bags Prohibition Bill 2018

Ministry of Environment, Nigeria

This document by Hon. Sergius Ose Ogun is in support of a bill for an Act to prohibit the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging to address its harmful impacts to oceans, rivers, lakes, forests, environment, wildlife as well as human beings and also to relieve pressure on landfills and waste management and for other related matters.

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January 2022

This document by Hon. Sergius Ose Ogun is in support of a bill for an Act to prohibit the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging to address its harmful impacts to oceans, rivers, lakes, forests, environment, wildlife as well as human beings and also to relieve pressure on landfills and waste management and for other related matters.

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