Research led by Professor Ton Peijs of WMG at the University of Warwick and Professor Cees Bastiaansen at Queen Mary University of London, has devised a processing technique that can create ...

According to a United Nations’s report, more than one million polythene bags are consumed in the world every minute. That’s an attractive number for a businessman, looking for an opportunity to cash ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the public quite the surprise when he proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s directive to intensify action against the unchecked use of polythene and plastic should not be treated as another routine instruction.  Polythene bags, single‑use ...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Tuesday emphasized the importance of collective efforts by the youth population in preserving the environment ...

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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.

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 ...

Supermarkets love it. Environmentalists hate it. And almost everyone uses it. Polythene is the world's most popular plastic and is used to make billions of carrier bags each year. Yet it was first ...