Amin Aslam welcomes ban on plastic bags in Sindh

ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (APP):Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said Sindh government’s step to ban non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags would yield benefits for the public health and help significantly tackle environmental degradation in the province.

Talking to media persons here, he said the use of plastic shopping bags has emerged as common environmental and health challenge for the country.

“However, tackling this issue was vital to overcome environmental degradation that costs billions of rupees annually to the national economy and for this banning use, sale, purchase and manufacturing single-use plastic bags is a key step towards protecting environment and public health,” the advisor stressed.