Tanzania idayambitsa gawo loyamba la chiletso cha thumba la pulasitiki mu 2017, chomwe chinaletsa kupanga ndi "kugawa kunyumba" kwa matumba apulasitiki amtundu uliwonse. Gawo lachiwiri, lomwe lidzayambe pa June 1, likuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito matumba apulasitiki kwa alendo.
M'mawu omwe adatulutsidwa pa Meyi 16, boma la Tanzania lidawonjezera chiletso choyambiriracho kuti chiphatikizepo alendo, ponena kuti "padzakhala malo apadera olowera kuti achotse matumba apulasitiki omwe alendo amabwera ku Tanzania." Matumba a "ziploc" omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyamula zimbudzi kudzera muchitetezo cha eyapoti nawonso saloledwa kuletsa ngati apaulendo abwereranso kwawo.
Chiletsochi chikuzindikira kufunikira kwa matumba apulasitiki nthawi zina, kuphatikiza m'mafakitale azachipatala, mafakitale, zomangamanga ndi zaulimi, komanso pazifukwa zaukhondo ndi zinyalala.
Africa popanda pulasitiki
Si dziko la Tanzania lokhalo la ku Africa lomwe lakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa zimenezi. Mayiko opitilira 30 aku Africa atengera ziletso zofananira, makamaka ku sub-Saharan Africa, malinga ndi National Geographic.
Kenya idakhazikitsanso chiletso chofananacho mu 2017. Chiletsocho chidapereka zilango zowawa kwambiri, pomwe omwe ali ndi mlanduwo amapatsidwa chindapusa cha $ 38 kapena zaka zinayi mndende. Komabe, boma silinaganizire njira zina, zomwe zinayambitsa "ma cartel apulasitiki" omwe adagwira nawo ntchito yopereka matumba apulasitiki ochokera kumayiko oyandikana nawo. Kuphatikiza apo, kukakamiza chiletsocho kunali kosadalirika. "Kuletsa kumayenera kukhala kokulirapo komanso kolimba, apo ayi anthu aku Kenya anganyalanyaze," atero a Walibiya, wolimbikitsa mzindawo. Ngakhale kuti kuyesayesa kwinanso kukulitsa chiletsocho sikunapambane, dzikolo likudziŵa za udindo wake wochita zambiri.
A Geoffrey Wahungu, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa National Environment Authority ku Kenya, anati: “Tsopano aliyense akuyang’ana ku Kenya chifukwa cha zimene tachita molimba mtima. Sitiyang’ana m’mbuyo.”
Rwanda nayonso ikugwira ntchito molimbika pa nkhani ya chilengedwe. Akufuna kukhala dziko loyamba lopanda pulasitiki, ndipo zoyesayesa zake zikudziwika. UN idatcha likulu la Kigali mzinda waukhondo kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi mu Africa, "zikomo mwa zina chifukwa cha chiletso cha 2008 cha pulasitiki yosawonongeka.