All of us have a lot of plastic bags lying useless in our house despite knowing that plastic bags pose environmental hazard...
It is always good for us to quit using them and use a cloth or paper bag instead
NAIROBI: Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Monday, as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect...
The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy
THE use of polythene bags causes pollution and adversely effects our planet...
An international research study says that every year more than 500bn plastic bags are used worldwide
Pakistani and Chinese researchers have discovered a fungus which feeds on plastic in a rubbish dump in Islamabad...
A study titled "Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Aspergillus tubingensis", authored by nine researchers from Pakistan and China ? who stress the need for "new, safer and more effective ways to degrade waste plastic" ? found that the fungus aspergillus tubingensis can break down non-biodegradable plastic in weeks...
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday announced a ban on the production and sale of non-biodegradable plastic bags in the province...
It however said the ban would take effect after three months with its violation punishable by a fine ranging from Rs50,000 to Rs5 million and two years imprisonment
KARACHI: Rice exporters and traders have ruled out there’s any such thing as “plastic rice” or rice mixed with plastic, after videos doing the rounds on social media asserted that plastic rice was being manufactured on a large scale in some countries and was smuggled into Pakistan as well...
Besides, the market is abuzz with reports that a person complained about purchasing rice from a leading superstore in Karachi and later claimed that...
KARACHI: How polluted our sea has become was indicated on Thursday when fishermen at sea around 270km south of Karachi caught a flat needlefish stuck in the handle of a plastic cup in their catch, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) reported...
According to the organisation, fisherman Momin Khan took the fish on board with the aim to release it back into the water, but it died when he attempted to do so
KARACHI: A huge fire that broke out in a factory in F...
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A massive fire engulfed a plastic factory on Sunday morning in Karachi's Site area, DawnNews reported...
No loss of life has been reported
KARACHI: A huge fire that broke out in a plastic factory in the SITE industrial area on Sunday morning was brought under control after hectic efforts lasting several hours...
No one was hurt in the fire
KARACHI: The government should focus non-tradition items like plastic to boost its exports as the polymer industry has an average growth of 8 to10 per cent per annum and plastic exports are around 15pc said Mr Zubair F...
Tufail, President of The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), while inaugurating a three day PakPlas 2017 exhibition of plastic machinery, equipment, raw material and technology at the Expo...
Though a welcome step, things are crawling forward on the government’s recent announcement to ban the sale, manufacturing and use of plastic bags in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as homework for it has yet to be done...
The announcement was made in the first week of August to check the choking of sanitation system and handle environmental issues but the inability and incompetence of the relevant officials and lack of coordination among the relevant...
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency has planned to ban the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the province for being a major cause of environmental pollution...
The ban will be enforced after the KPEPA addresses few objections raised by the law department about the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products (Manufacturing, Sale and Usage) Rules 2016
THIS is apropos “No progress on KP’s plastic bags ban yet” published in Dawn on 6th Sept, 2015...
This is not an issue of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone, but the entire country, which has been affected by the plastic bags
Aperfectionist by nature, Dr Noman Ghauri, believes in precision, beauty and purity of expression...
Making sculptures, drawings and paintings since junior school days, he is in a continuous process of shaping his visual expressions