Kenya and single use plastics?

[User050105]

Hello

Can anyone talk me through how this works or am I over-thinking?

Obviously no carrier bags. Ds17 is not a very adventurous eater so I was thinking I would stuff his case with breakfast oat bars and the like just in case he is hungry.

But does that count as banned plastic if each bar is wrapped in plastic? I guess if he's eating them in his accommodation no-one will know, so long as he doesn't drop them in the street. Should he bring the wrappers home with him or am I now being ridiculous?

There are also certain areas where single use plastic bottles are banned. So he takes a water bottle from the UK, buys large bottles of bottled water and fills them into his reusable bottle from home? How much water would you need on a day of safari?

I know I'll get lots of "he's 17, he can work it out for himself" type comments, but this trip is a big deal for him so I want to help him get it right. And also in thinking it through with him I'm faced with the reality of how much plastic we actually throw away and how much advance planning we would need to get through a day without it.

It’s only very specific areas where single use plastic is banned? And it’s only specific items? He really doesn’t need to travel with cereal bars - they do have supermarkets there…I work there often and never seen any evidence of the plastics ban.

Don't worry too much about this. The single use plastic ban mainly applies to bags. You can bring breakfast bars or he buy them here in Carrefour or any big supermarket. They all sell 1000s of items wrapped in single use plastic. Most safari companies provide water, you can check with them, but yes having a reusable water bottle for the few places that don't allow water bottles is always nice to have. Bottled water can be bought pretty much everywhere.

Ok, I'm over-thinking. Thank you.

He's going on a semi-organised sort of tour and the info from the organisers put the fear into us with talk of luggage being inspected and large fines and 4 year prison sentences.

I couldn't think that it would be that full on in real life but it's good to hear first hand experience.

I know he can buy things there but he'll be happier to have familiar supplies for the first few days. Hopefully he'll come home with a much broader palate but he's covered just in case.