Despite the ban, plastic bags persist in Morocco

Despite a law banning plastic bags, waste continues to pollute the kingdom’s streets. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, calls for collective commitment to meet this environmental challenge.

The entry into force of law 77-15 in 2015 (zero mika), banning plastic bags, only slightly reduced their proportion of household waste (12%). This is what emerges from the response of the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development to a question from the parliamentary group of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) on the management of plastic waste. “Although we have a law, it has not been fully implemented on the ground and the use of plastics has increased, especially during the Covid pandemic,” she said.