The government’s initiative to stop the use of illegal polythene bags is not achieving significant success due to the lack of available and affordable alternative shopping bags. No visible impact of the government’s drives against polythene bags is seen in different kitchen markets, grocery shops and vendors, despite one month having
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Plastic, polythene use must be prevented: Saber
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said the use of harmful plastic and polythene products should be prevented in any way to live in a healthy environment. “Eco-friendly jute bags should be used instead of polythene bags,” he told an Eid gift distribution ceremony in the capital. Speaking
Nanak urges people to discard polythene
Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, MP, today urged people not to use polythene in order to protect the environment. "The polythene is very harmful for environment . . . Use jute-made bags instead of polythene," he said while talking to journalists at his Bangladesh Secretariat office here this afternoon. Nanak,