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Everyone who visits the Somaliland Republic complains about the plastic bags as it appears everywhere; it is on the road side, on top of the trees and one wonders how unpleasant is it to the landscape and environment. Millions of plastic bags are daily imported to Somaliland markets mainly to parcel goods and in particular Kat. It is common to see plastic bags in the market being used by the people for different purposes. Unfortunately these bags are not properly disposed off.
Goats like any other animals usually eat plastic
bags and thousands of them die due to the problems posed to the digestion
system of the animals by the swollen. The plastic litter continuous unabated
as the culture of chewing Kat exists in this society and that is jointly
related with the import of plastics. Certainly the problem of plastic litter
exists in the environment and continue to remain as such unless the
government set rules and regulations to contain the plastics and launches
awareness programs regarding the hazards these material poses on the
environment; there will be no let up and the situation will be appalling
than ever.
Abdirahman Ibrahim (Aleel)
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