Plastic Bags

Authorities to seal factories manufacturing banned plastic bags

Clogging held responsible for urban flooding

Citizens complain of shops not paying any heed to the ban

Step is taken to protect humans, wildlife and aquatic creatures from threats of plastic pollution

EPD officials claim procedural formalities and legal consultation for the move took time

Minister says govt employees being sensitised on hazards of polythene bags

Retailers and general public violating the ban will be fined Rs10,000 and Rs5,000 respectively, says official

An alternative is demanded by traders before fines are imposed on them

The ministry has started an awareness campaign on the usage of plastic bags

Crackdown on plastic shopping bags from October 12

SEPA raids plastic bag manufacturers

Sindh Environmental Protection Agency also confiscates plastic bags from markets in FB Area, Karimabad

Authorities directed to extend ban to other districts

Shopping centers, supermarkets must provide environmentally friendly shopping bag, according to new obligation

Provincial secretary vows to take steps to protect environment

This is a two-pronged strategy.

Official says they are clamping down on the use of plastic bags in the city

An awareness lecture has been delivered among participants

Two volunteer firefighters have died and some have had their homes destroyed

A grey cloud hung over Tehran on Sunday, obstructing the view of the mountains overlooking the city to the north

Scientists have amassed a mountain of evidence pointing to even more dire impacts on the near horizon

Nations are at odds over how the fight against climate change should be funded

Two months after the ban came into effect, shopkeepers openly using ‘banned’ plastic bags across the province

Donald Trump has taken things a step further by yanking the US out of the Paris deal entirely

Plants would take China's total coal power plant capacity to 1174.7 gigawatts

Saving fuel has become a major challenge for aviation

Paris Agreement calls for blocking global warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible

He says more effective, efficient measures need to be taken against those involved in the manufacture of bags

According to them, it will help protect the local industry and promote the use of recyclable bags

He warns of action against factories flouting environment protection laws

Raja Basharat says the government will incorporate the reforms introduced by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Plastic bags stamped ‘degradable’ officials claim to move a trick of traders to fool people and authorities after ban

The iceberg, dubbed D28, broke away from the Amery ice shelf between September 24 and 25

Factories manufacturing plastic bags will stop doing so from today

Ambassador Holmboe says Islamabad needs to focus on ‘Green Transition of Economy

Fires are used as a cheap way to clear agricultural land in Indonesia every year during the dry season

Rising sea levels, intensifying droughts and unprecedented increase in wildfires

Measures are being taken to give a time frame to the industries associated with polythene bags

Petition in IHC says manufacturers ready to make bio-degradable shoppers but require time

The campaign is initiated by the Islamabad Devcom Centennial Leo Club

The district administration confiscate some 200 kilogrammes of polythene bags

People working in the plastic trade say the govt offered no alternatives

Murtaza Wahab asks citizens to cooperate with Sindh Government in its campaign

State Minister Zartaj Gul says govt to bring shoppers that could be used up to 50 times

The ban is a part of the prime minister’s ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’ campaign

Climate change minister says they were directed to take over zoo by IHC

A complete ban on plastic bags

The G-B government banned plastic bags in April this year but not everyone is happy with the change

Law ministry returns document to MoCC after vetting

In recent months, the Landi Kotal tehsil administration has distributed around 18,000 biodegradable bags