ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP):Advisor to the Prime Minister for Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Thursday urged the nation to stop using plastic bags. He made the remarks while chairing a consultative meeting of the stakeholders, including manufacturers, academia, inter-ministerial officials, experts and civil society representatives to discuss the draft policy regarding ban on use of polyethylene bags in the Islamabad Capital Territory from August 14, 2019, a press release said. …
Nation urged to stop using plastic bags
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP):Advisor to the Prime Minister for Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Thursday urged the nation to stop using plastic bags.
He made the remarks while chairing a consultative meeting of the stakeholders, including manufacturers, academia, inter-ministerial officials, experts and civil society representatives to discuss the draft policy regarding ban on use of polyethylene bags in the Islamabad Capital Territory from August 14, 2019, a press release said.
The draft policy was shared with the participants and suggestions and inputs were taken to work on the final draft to be presented to the Federal Cabinet.
The advisor said: “The government is working to implement a complete ban on use of polyethylene bags in ICT from 14th August, 2019 where its manufacturing, trading and sale will be stopped in Islamabad.”
