Polystar Machinery Co., Ltd in Nairobi. [Photo/directindustry.com]
There is an ongoing consultation between the Kenya association of manufacturers and Trade and environment ministry to allow firms to continue manufacturing plastics for export alone.
Plastic manufacturers under the export promotion council (EPC), agreed last week how they could reopen their companies.
According to Data from Kenyan exports, Kenya earned Sh3 billion in the export of plastics to various countries.
On August 28, Kenya took the initiative to ban plastics leading to more than 160 plastic companies shutting down and hundreds of workers left jobless.
“Kenya is jealously safeguarding its export markets. We are open to suggestions on how the plastics-for-export packaging companies can resume operations once proper mechanisms are found. We could turn them into export processing zones and deliberately deny them a local market option, or order them to move into special economic zones targeting the export market,” he said.