{"id":48372,"date":"2019-01-30T13:09:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=48372"},"modified":"2019-01-30T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:09:26","slug":"tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use.html","title":{"rendered":"Tax proposed to discourage plastic bags use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government is contemplating taxing plastic bags in a bid to curtail their popular usage, according to Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/peshawar-district-administration-bans-plastic-bags.html\">Peshawar district administration bans plastic bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She informed that the Ministry of Climate Change has proposed a taxable schedule of PKR 1-2 per plastic bag purchase. She added that the government aims to prevent people from using these bags; with the imposition of the said tax currently seen as the only solution.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry has also sought input from all provincial governments with regard to the proposal. A final decision will be taken in light of the suggestions given by the provinces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/citizens-demand-ban-on-plastic-bags.html\">Citizens demand ban on plastic bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zartaj said that the use of plastic bags can prove hazardous to human lives, as well as other land and sea creatures. She stressed the need to utilise biodegradable or paper bags in order to address environmental concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government is contemplating taxing plastic bags in a bid to curtail their popular usage, according to Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul. Read:\u00a0Peshawar district administration bans plastic bags She informed that the Ministry of Climate Change has proposed a taxable schedule of PKR 1-2 per plastic bag purchase. She added that the government aims to prevent people from using these bags; with the imposition of the said tax currently seen as the only solution. The ministry has also sought input from all provincial governments with regard to the proposal. A final decision will be taken in light of the suggestions given by the provinces. Read: Citizens demand ban on plastic bags Zartaj said that the use of plastic bags can prove hazardous to human lives, as well as other land and sea creatures. She stressed the need to utilise biodegradable or paper bags in order to address environmental concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":10795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10196],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tax proposed to discourage plastic bags use - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government is contemplating taxing plastic bags in a bid to curtail their popular usage, according to Minister of State for Climate Change\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tax proposed to discourage plastic bags use - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government is contemplating taxing plastic bags in a bid to curtail their popular usage, according to Minister of State for Climate Change\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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