More than one billion plastic bags disposed in Moroccan streets
Morocco, Environment, 4/24/2001

More than one billion plastic bags are disposed of in Moroccan streets annually, causing a serious threat to environment, a study by the environment department said.

According to the study, Moroccan households use more than 10,525 tons of plastic bags annually and each household throws away between 70 and 100 bags every year.

As no recycling is possible, the thrown bags roam across streets and countryside, marring the landscape and blocking the sewage system. Their danger is even more present in the country-side, where the bags, made out of highly toxic material, end up in the stomach of hungry cattle.

In a bid to counter the threat, the environment department recommends the use of environment friendly paper-made bags.

The department also devised a draft law to ban the use of the plastic bags, which take centuries to degenerate.

Morocco hosts 400 factories, specializing in making the lethal bags.

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