In a statement the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), through their board chairperson Ambassador Zenzo Nsimbi banned the use of kaylites citing environmental and health reasons.
Part of the statement reads:
The Environmental Management Agency has with immediate effect activated Statutory Instrument 84 of 2012 (Plastic Packaging and Plastic Bottles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (No 1.), which prohibits the manufacture or importation of expanded polystyrene (kaylite) for use or commercial distribution within Zimbabwe. The ban has been effected after wide consultation in order to protect the citizens of Zimbabwe from the environmental and health impacts caused by expanded polystyrene (kaylite).
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