Although the development of a biodegradable polymer from jute fibre by a Bangladeshi scientist had raised environmentalist’s hopes of reducing the use of polythene bags, commercial production of the ...

Few items are as ubiquitous in modern life as the humble polythene bag. Lightweight, cheap, and readily available, polythene bags are handed out daily across Bangladesh, used to carry everything from ...

Despite getting banned in 2002, polythene has managed to stick around in the Bangladeshi markets as producers, wholesalers, suppliers, and consumers all continue to use polythene bags indiscriminately ...

Administrator Karachi, Barrister Murtaza Wahab has approved a resolution regarding complete ban on polythene bags in Karachi. Under the decision, the manufacture, sale and use of polythene bags will ...

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The ban on the manufacture, sale and use of polythene products below 20 microns was brought into effect on January 01, 2016 and strictly enforced from February 01 onwards by the Government.

KOFI ESSEL, head of the food inspectorate division of the Food & Drugs Board (FDB), has advised pregnant women, nursing mothers and the aged, especially people whose immune system is impaired, to stop ...

An ecologist, Mrs Nnenna Didigu, says hot foods packaged in polythene bags are harmful to human health because they are usually contaminated with the chemicals used in producing the bags. Didigu, the ...

Despite a nationwide ban, use of polythene bags continues to increase in all over Moulvibazar including in rural areas. During a visit to several markets and bazars in different upazilas of the ...

As a step towards curbing plastic pollution, State Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has announced a blanket ban on the sale and purchase of polythene shopping bags in different cities of ...