Kenya steps up bans on plastic bags

However, the prohibition also results in unemployment of 60,000 people

When you walk through the streets of Nairobi's Kibera, the largest urban slum in Africa, the first impression is of cleaner streets and waterways. The very few plastic bags are noticeable only near dump sites.

Two years ago, you were likely to see plastic bags flying through the air or clumped in drains and on riverbanks. It was also normal to encounter human feces wrapped in plastic bags in trenches, popularly known as "flying toilets".