The Federal Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination has taken a significant stride in its battle against pollution, banning single-use plastics within the federal capital.
According to recent reports, the ministry has urged authorities to impose heavy fines on the use, sale, and supply of single-use plastic products. This crucial ban is set to be enforced in Islamabad starting from 1 August, and any violations will be met with immediate penalties.
The department responsible for overseeing this initiative has prohibited the use, manufacturing, import, distribution, delivery, sale, storage, and purchase of single-use plastic items. This includes plastic bags, crockery, cutlery items like spoons, forks, and knives, as well as food service boxes, cups, plates, and bowls.
Going forward, these items will no longer be permitted in hotels, stalls, parks, or entertainment venues, and their usage will be closely monitored and regulated. Severe consequences await anyone found in possession of or using such items.
To ensure compliance, the producers and importers of single-use plastic will be subject to a substantial fine of Rs. 1 million. Similarly, shopkeepers, stallholders, hawkers, and suppliers selling these prohibited items will face a fine of Rs. 10,000. Citizens caught using single-use plastic items in parks and on roads will have to pay an on-the-spot fine of Rs. 1,000.
The Ministry of Climate Change has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to launch an awareness campaign regarding the ban. This campaign is scheduled to commence on 1 August. It’s worth noting that the ban had already been implemented in Punjab from 1 July.
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10 rs ka chota lafafa aur 20 ka bara.
Acha karobar shuro ho jata hai jaise hi lafafy band hotay hain
This is a marvelous initiative but alternatives to plastic plates, spoons should also be mentioned or suggested…If not then will the people use steel spoons to get themselves infected by the infectious diseases
This is a great step to reduce environmental pollution
I’m shocked and surprised every time when these types of nonsense stuff 😂 is reproduced…I mean how many times!
same decisions and ideas are circulated in market when elections are round the corner.Is it some kind of strategy to make public fool 😕
If strategies devised for the betterment of public health and safety are not sustained then please stop posting same stuff each year…
I fail to understand the mentality of our authorities who make such policies and pass orders every now and then, just to fail time and again. What environmental considerations are in their minds? What alternatives are available to plastic bags? Do you want to wash your cloth bags each time you buy heavily soiled potatoes and similar other stuff? You use more water and detergents each time you do so. The paper bags available are so thin, they give in on the way when rotten fruit is put in.
For God’s sake! Improve and streamline garbage collection procedures, separate plastic bags from the rest and manage their disposal. Do not try to be ‘desi angraiz’ just yet. We are a million miles away from that goal.
Good decision to protect the environment and maintain environmental hygiene.goog for human health. This step is towards road to public health.
Again! What a JOKE!
To protect and clean environment, first step is cleaning by sanitation department which is missing as always.