The Lahore High Court has directed to legislate a law within six months to implement the ban on manufacturing, sale, marketing use and import of polythene bags. The court had banned the manufacturing ...

Despite being an environmental hazard, polythene bags are widely used across the country. Their unabated use has contributed to the deterioration of sewerage systems and infrastructure in cities ...

To curb polythene use, a nationwide operation against manufacturers will begin on Sunday by mobile courts, said Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and ...

The Department of Environment (DoE) has vowed to go tough on the rampant use of banned polythene shopping bags. The DoE, Chittagong Metropolitan officials said they would also take stern actions ...

NOWSHERA, May 23: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday demanded enforcement of a law to regulate manufacturing, sale and use of polythene bags to prevent damage to environment. The seminar was organised ...

Haryana's Environment Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Friday said Gurugram will be made polythene-free in 3 months under pilot project. Officials from the Municipal Corporations of Manesar and Gurugram, ...

Dehradun: Despite the nationwide ban on plastic bags with thickness up to 100 microns being in effect for over 18 months, the usage of polythene bags in Dehradun continues unchecked. The prohibition ...

The government is planning to launch mobile court drives across Bangladesh on Sunday in a bid to crack down on polythene manufacturers. Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of ...

In 2002, the government banned thin polythene and plastic bags, making Bangladesh the first country in the world to slap such a restriction. The law states that, "Manufacturing, importing, marketing, ...

A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Arsahd Noor Khan on Friday issued notice to the City District Government Karachi and other respondents for ...

In Dhaka's Madhubazar, a woman shopping for essentials handed a cloth bag to a grocery shopkeeper along with her list, asking him not to put the stuff in a polythene shopping bag. Shopkeeper Halim ...