UB Dons Call For Prompt Suspension Of Plastic Levy

In their journal article titled, ‘Polluter Pays or Polluter Enriching The Retailers: The case of plastic bag levy failure in Botswana’, published in the South African Crime Quarterly last month, the academics said the levy has only served to enrich the business owners in the name of the environment.

“It has been almost 10 years since the introduction of plastic levy in Botswana. The levy was introduced as part of measures to combat littering of plastic bags and reduce their negative effects on the environment. The main objective of environmental taxes is to pass on the cost of pollution on polluters.”