Malawi’s Environmental Affairs depart dismantles Chinese plant for defying thin plastic ban

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi government through the Department of Environmental Affairs in Natural Resources Ministry on Wednesday, January 13,2021 took a bold decision to start dismantling Chinese own-company Qingdao, for defying the ban on production of thin plastics.

This comes barely months after Natural Resources Minister Nancy Tembo visited and warned the company on its misconduct.

The department surprised the company with machinery aimed to demolish the plant against the ban.

There was panic at the company when the dismantling machinery started it work.

Last year, Malawi’s courts sustained the government’s ban on thin plastics but some Chinese companies defied the order.

More to come on exercise…..

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.