Banning Plastic bags given by shops and replacing with a paper option.

Swaths of African countries such as Kenya and Cameroon have pioneered this banning of plastic bags, and it prompts the question of why we as a ‘developed country’ have not yet. Conversely to the University of Arizona’s study showing the dangers of reusable bags to store food, the study was funded by those with vested interest in the lightweight plastic bag industry, I propose the use of paper or a another biodegradable option to stop this worry of contamination. In fact the banning of plastic bags is seen to have a positive effect, with the levels of Malaria dropping in Rwanda owing to the ban.