Despite the announcement of a polythene-free campaign in the markets starting from November 1, production is still ongoing in factories. Producers claim that even though the government has banned ...

After a routine shopping trip to the superstore, Abul Bashar received his frozen goods in what seemed like an ordinary fabric bag, but in reality, it was made of polypropylene—a type of plastic.

Banned since 2017, the Minister of Environment himself admits that state agencies have not taken sufficient measures to curb their widespread use. Environmentalists: burning them for disposal produces ...

In a week, the government is set to impose a complete ban on polyethylene or polypropylene-based materials like shopping bags in supermarkets. The ban will be extended to traditional markets from ...

The government may impose environmental tax on plastic bottles and polythene bags manufacturing to install recycling plants in the major cities. At a meeting with stakeholders of tetrapack and ...

C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P) has invested several million dollars in the company’s pre-made polyethylene bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new converting lines at the Buffalo, NY ...

MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have decided to take gradual steps to implement the ban on polythene bags in the region’s capital, Muzaffarabad, in consultation with ...

Although Bangladesh became the first country in the world to announce a complete ban on the use of polythene bags in 2002, strict enforcement of the much-lauded initiative has only started taking ...

Until early September this year, Mahfuza Begum's Surzu Handicrafts was making eco-friendly, lightweight and reusable net shopping bags out of jute and cotton for a handful of buyers. And it was not on ...

Anwar Hossain bought vegetables wrapped in two polythene bags from a shop in Muslim Bazar, a bustling corner in Dhaka’s Mirpur. After walking a short distance, he turned back to collect one more ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...