Problems with alternatives after plastic bags ban in TZ

A trader based at Tandale in Dar es Salaam, Ms Bahati Halahala, wraps a chapatti with a sheet from an old newspaper after the government banned the use of plastic bags in the country starting yesterday. PHOTO | SALIM SHAO

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Traders, who spoke to The Citizen claimed that they incurred huge losses because they were forced to dispose their stocks