Gov�t to ban retail plastic bags

The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama said the problem with the plastic bag levy was that when it was brought about it was not implementable.

 “It was not implementable in the sense that Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) had said there would not be the possibility of collecting the levy at the border. There was also an implication of something to do with Southern African Development Community (SADC) as well,” Khama said.