Plastic bags

Did you know that in Rwanda you can get a $150 fine for walking down the street swinging a plastic bag? It's true. Plastic bags are illegal in Rwanda. They were cluttering the roads and hanging in bushes and they put a stop to it.
"Shop owners foolish enough to stock plastic bags face jail time. In Rwanda, it's paper or cloth only with polythene bags confiscated at the airport with a seriousness usually reserved for baggies filled with weed. There. Problem solved."
I learned this and many more very interesting things in a book by Will Ferguson called Road Trip Rwanda. And we think we in North America are so much better at everything?

I am attempting to ban plastic bags at home.......they just keep on coming......I don't know what to do about picking up dog poo........