Anyone making or importing environmentally damaging plastic could also be jailed for four years.

The need for such drastic action to stop the proliferation of plastic pollution goes way beyond the unsightly national flower as the millions of bags snared on fences and bushes have become known.

The United Nations Environmental Protection Agency warns by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans.

The towering plastic piles Kenya hopes to reduce can be seen at dump sites in Cameroon, GuineaBissau, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Malawi.

All of these countries have adopted or announced plans to implement such bans.

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