Guinea: ‘Go Green and Go Thirsty’ – Guinea’s Plastic Ban Clashes With Need for Safe Water

Plastic water sachets are an essential way to provide people in Guinea with safe and affordable drinking water. But their use clashes with the government’s objective of outlawing single-use plastics. Until a solution can be found, authorities have been forced to lift a ban, less than three weeks after implementing it.

The Republic of Guinea passed its law to ban single-use plastics two years ago, but only enforced it on 20 September.

However, in the face of mounting public anger, it was forced…