Egypt’s plastics and the Trump straw debate - Egypt Independent

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Egypt’s plastics and the Trump straw debate - Egypt Independent

The sheer volume of plastic material usage in Egypt is terrifying, but what’s even scarier is that that the government’s efforts aimed at reducing this usage seem to be taking place in one world, while the people are in another. In 2019, the Red Sea Governorate decided to ban the individual use of plastic bags due to their devastating impact on the marine environment, but that was “only one” initiative, as no other governorate implemented it. Th…