ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Tuesday said the federal
Cabinet approved the SRO to ban
plastic bags in the Islamabad
capital Territory (ICT). "The federal
capital would celebrate its freedom from polythene
bags on August 14," he said. Addressing to media persons during the
Cabinet briefing, the adviser said the
plastic bags had become a menace for the society. “Around 80 per cent of the drains across the country are choked due to
plastic bags and are a potential cause of urban flooding and various diseases among the masses. Every city and village have the same issue where
plastic bags are proliferating. It will remain in our ecosystem for 1000 years as polythene
bags do not decompose,” he added.
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